GARNER M ROBERTSON JR

GARNER M ROBERTSON JR Update officers information and/or submit photo of officer
Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 29-W: 14
Department: Valley View, Ohio, P.D.
End of Watch: July 8, 1956
Cause: SHOT
Age: 45
Years of Service: 5
Description: Officer Robertson and his partner Officer Gabram approached a car stopped on the side of the road, and as Officer Robertson neared the vehicle was shot without warning by a .12 gauge shotgun blast. Officer Gabram then shot into the car and when he ordered the occupants to surrender, a woman who had been taken captive by her former boyfriend exited. The man had fled into the woods and was caught seven and a half hours later after a huge man-hunt. The murderer was executed in the Ohio electric chair.
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