ROBERT J PATON

Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 40-E: 17
Department: Elizabeth, New Jersey, P.D.
End of Watch: October 16, 1918
Cause: SHOT
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Description: Attempting an arrest. Officer Paton had stopped an automobile reported stolen in Baltimore several days earlier. One of the seven suspects in the car opened fire when the officer attempted to gather them for transportation to headquarters.
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