Police Officer William B. Burnham, Pensacola Police Department, Florida

Police Officer William B. Burnham

Pensacola Police Department, Florida

End of Watch Sunday, March 18, 1906

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William B. Burnham

Officer Burnham was shot and killed after responding to a call of shots being fired. When Officer Burnham arrived one suspect shot him in the chest. Officer Burnham chased the suspect for half a block before he died.

Officer Burnham had been with the agency for 2 years and was survived by his wife and child.