G FRANK COFFEY

Officer Rank: Captain
Memorial Panel: 61-W: 14
Department: Fort Worth, Texas, P.D.
End of Watch: June 26, 1915
Cause: SHOT
Age: 36
Years of Service: 2
Description: Captain Coffey was shot and killed while trying to make an arrest in front of a saloon on the corner of 25th and Main streets. Dispatched to arrest the owner for staging a fist fight in front of the saloon earlier that day, Captain Coffey dragged the owner of the bar into the street after a heated argument. Captain Coffey was shot three times by the saloon owner's brother and died instantly.
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