WALTER L PETERSON
Update officers information and/or submit photo of officer
If you aren't logged into the website, you will be taken to a login page and then to the Update Officer Information form.
Officer Rank: Correctional Officer
Memorial Panel: 34-W: 2
Department: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
End of Watch: December 10, 1973
Cause: BEAT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Lieutenant Peterson was beaten to death with a chair after being attacked by several inmates in the exercise room at Western Penitentiary in Pittsburgh. One of the suspects was in prison for murdering Verona Police Officer Joseph Zanella.
View on Memorial
Share bio via email
Download Memorial map
Search for another officer
Update officers information and/or submit photo of officer
If you aren't logged into the website, you will be taken to a login page and then to the Update Officer Information form.
Update officers information and/or submit photo of officer
If you aren't logged into the website, you will be taken to a login page and then to the Update Officer Information form.
