EDWARD PAKULA JR
Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 44-E: 1
Department: Detroit, Michigan, P.D.
End of Watch: January 16, 1974
Cause: SHOT
Age: 27
Years of Service: 4
Description: Police Officer Pakula and Sergeant Leonard Todd were fatally shot by a barricaded suspect when they answered a man with a gun call at a residence. Two other officers were also shot but survived their injuries. The suspect was convicted and sentenced to 40-80 years in prison.
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