DAYTON A WINEGAR

Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 1-W: 13
Department: Detroit, Michigan, P.D.
End of Watch: March 8, 1930
Cause: SHOT
Age: 29
Years of Service: 5
Description: Police Officer Winegar was fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire as he attempted to arrest two suspects who had just robbed a haberdashery. The 17-year-old suspect confessed to the crime and was sentenced to life in prison.
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