GEORGE V PURCELL
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 51-E: 16
Department: Dayton, Ohio, P.D.
End of Watch: September 23, 1916
Cause: SHOT
Age: 40
Years of Service: 13
Description: Patrolman Purcell was shot and stabbed when he answered a disturbance call at a saloon. Patrolman Purcell arrived at the saloon to arrest the suspect who was reportedly brandishing a gun. Patrolman Purcell was attacked by the suspect and sustained a bullet to the abdomen and a stab wound to the chest.
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