HUBERT W ESTES

Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 18-W: 4
Department: Metropolitan, Washington D.C., P.D.
End of Watch: May 16, 1947
Cause: SHOT
Age: 51
Years of Service: 25
Description: Police Officer Estes was shot twice in the chest as he attempted to disarm a mentally deranged suspect who went berserk in the Municipal Court building. Officer Estes returned fire, wounding his assailant. The suspect killed a second man and wounded two other civilians before he was subdued and arrested. Officer Estes was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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