ROBERT D HELLER

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Officer Rank: Night Watchman
Memorial Panel: 44-E: 27
Department: Avoca, Iowa, P.D.
End of Watch: June 20, 1886
Cause: SHOT
Age: 39
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Night Watchman Heller was shot when he answered a domestic disturbance call to arrest a man for beating his wife. The man warned the officers not to enter the gate, then fired as they approached. Night Watchman Heller was killed instantly. The suspect then turned the shotgun on himself and committed suicide.
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