IRA LEON EVANS
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 44-W: 13
Department: Minneapolis, Minnesota, P.D.
End of Watch: December 16, 1932
Cause: SHOT
Age: 39
Years of Service: 9
Description: Shot. Attempting other arrest. Patrolman Evans and Gorski responded to a bank robbery in progress. As the Officers arrived at the bank they saw three suspects with arms full of money fleeing from the bank. What the officers did not see was the fourth suspect armed with a machine gun. Both officers were shot more than 20 times and died at the scene.
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