Officer Walter Leigh

Officer Walter Leigh | Dodgeville Police Department, Wisconsin
Dodgeville Police Department, Wisconsin
Officer Walter Leigh

Dodgeville Police Department, Wisconsin

End of Watch Tuesday, January 29, 1963

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Walter Leigh

Officer Walter Leigh suffered a fatal heart attack while struggling with a suspect.

Officer Leigh had stopped a car occupied by two subjects who had been drinking. One subject attacked Officer Leigh with a tire wrench and then fled the scene. The subject was apprehended and received six months in jail for resisting an officer.

Bio

  • Age 49
  • Tour Not available
  • Badge Not available

Incident Details

  • Cause Heart attack
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Officer Leigh rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

September 22, 2019

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