HAZE BURCH

Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 36-W: 12
Department: Phoenix, Arizona, P.D.
End of Watch: February 5, 1925
Cause: SHOT
Age: 40
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Police Officer Burch was shot as he attempted to arrest two men who were illegally siphoning gas from an automobile. Both suspects were later determined to be implicated in the murders of Muskogee Deputy Joseph Morgan and Livingston Police Officer Charles Wilson. His assailant was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. The second suspect was also convicted of murder and sentenced to 99 years in prison.
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