WALTER E BLAKE

Officer Rank: Constable
Memorial Panel: 47-W: 23
Department: Charleston, West Virginia, P.D.
End of Watch: October 28, 1923
Cause: SHOT
Age: 38
Years of Service: 7
Description: Constable Blake was fatally shot while attempting to serve a warrant on a suspect wanted for threatening to kill a law enforcement officer. At first, the suspect went quietly but abruptly pulled out a gun and shot Constable Blake twice in the abdomen. Constable Blake succumbed to his injuries two days later.
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