ROBERT SHANLEY
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Officer Rank: Deputy Chief of Police
Memorial Panel: 36-W: 2
Department: Carteret, New Jersey, P.D.
End of Watch: December 8, 1944
Cause: SHOT
Age: 43
Years of Service: 18
Description: Deputy Chief Shanley and Patrolman Walter Rusinak were fatally shot when they responded to a domestic disturbance call involving the custody of a child. The suspect also killed his father-in law and a neighbor. Two officers were also wounded. The suspect was convicted of murder and executed via the electric chair.
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