CHARLES D BURDSALL

Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 38-W: 13
Department: Cincinnati, Ohio, P.D.
End of Watch: July 15, 1978
Cause: SHOT
Age: 29
Years of Service:
Description: Officer Burdsall had been dispatched to a convenience store around midnight to check on a report of a possible robbery in progress. Officer Burdsall pursued a vehicle out of the parking lot and stopped it. When Officer Burdsall ordered the occupant out of the car, the driver got out and shot and killed Officer Burdsall. A civilian riding with the police officer in an auxiliary capacity, was also wounded in the incident. The suspect was caught and received a life sentence.
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