Officer Charles E. Carter, Jr.
Indianapolis Police Department, Indiana
End of Watch Monday, May 9, 1927
Add to My HeroesCharles E. Carter, Jr.
Officer Charles Carter succumbed to a gunshot wound suffered two days earlier while responding to a report of an intoxicated man.
The 28-year-old suspect opened fire, striking Officer Carter in the chest. The suspect was arrested in a Kentucky mental institution a month later. He was returned to Indiana, adjudged insane, and committed at the state insane asylum.
Officer Carter had served with the Indianapolis Police Department for only two months.
Bio
- Age 30
- Tour 2 months
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Incident Date Saturday, May 7, 1927
- Weapon Gun; Unknown type
- Offender Committed to mental hopital
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