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Herbert Viceson Fitzgerald

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Herbert Viceson Fitzgerald

Birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Death
1 Aug 1929 (aged 27)
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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police officer --killed in the line of duty
August 1, 1929, when another officer, 28-year-old Herbert V. Fitzgerald, was killed as he and several other policemen attempted to arrest a man accused of murdering a woman. According to an August 10, 1929 article in the Bulletin of the Catholic Laymen’s Association, the man who shot Officer Fitzgerald was "on a rampage" when police were called to the scene. A native of New Jersey, Fitzgerald was one of the most popular men of the police department and a champion athlete. Survived by his widow, Louise Miller Fitzgerald, and numerous other relatives both in Savannah and New Jersey, Herbert Fitzgerald was buried in Savannah’s Catholic Cemetery.

Name:
Patrolman Herbert V Fitzgerald

Department:
Savannah Police Department

Cause of Death:
Gunfire

Weapon:
Gun; Unknown type

Suspect:
Shot and killed

Notes:
Patrolman Fitzgerald was shot and killed by a man he sought to arrest on charges for shooting a woman. The suspect was shot and killed minutes later by another officer when he resisted arrest. He had served with the agency for 7 years.

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police officer --killed in the line of duty
August 1, 1929, when another officer, 28-year-old Herbert V. Fitzgerald, was killed as he and several other policemen attempted to arrest a man accused of murdering a woman. According to an August 10, 1929 article in the Bulletin of the Catholic Laymen’s Association, the man who shot Officer Fitzgerald was "on a rampage" when police were called to the scene. A native of New Jersey, Fitzgerald was one of the most popular men of the police department and a champion athlete. Survived by his widow, Louise Miller Fitzgerald, and numerous other relatives both in Savannah and New Jersey, Herbert Fitzgerald was buried in Savannah’s Catholic Cemetery.

Name:
Patrolman Herbert V Fitzgerald

Department:
Savannah Police Department

Cause of Death:
Gunfire

Weapon:
Gun; Unknown type

Suspect:
Shot and killed

Notes:
Patrolman Fitzgerald was shot and killed by a man he sought to arrest on charges for shooting a woman. The suspect was shot and killed minutes later by another officer when he resisted arrest. He had served with the agency for 7 years.

served in US Navy WW I

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