ROBERT KUCKEN

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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 48-E: 3
Department: East Chicago, Indiana, P.D.
End of Watch: September 22, 1923
Cause: SHOT
Age: 45
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Patrolman Kucken and Patrolman Thomas Mitchell were both shot in an exchange of gunfire when they attempted to arrest a suspect who had just shot and killed a man during an argument. Patrolman Kucken died at the scene. Patrolman Mitchell was transported to the hospital where he died the next day. The suspect also died.
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