David Tolsma

Death by Force

Patrol Officer David J. Tolsma, aged 32, tragically lost his life on October 20, 1977, while serving with the Cheektowaga Police Department in New York. Officer Tolsma was responding to a robbery call at a Holiday Inn hotel on Genesee Street around 1 a.m. when he was shot and killed. The suspect, a 23-year-old escapee who had been on the run for three days, was apprehended 13 hours after the incident. This suspect, along with an accomplice aged 25, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Th ...Read More

Patrol Officer David J. Tolsma

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