WILLIAM PETERSEN
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 14-E: 22
Department: Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, P.D.
End of Watch: January 13, 1922
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Patrolman Peterson was on his department motorcycle pursuing the occupants of a vehicle suspected of transporting illegal alcohol. Patrolman Peterson was shot by one of the suspects several times and he fell off his motorcycle. Patrolman Peterson was pronounced dead at the scene.
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