Keeper Andrew Van Kuren, a 45-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, served as the jail keeper of the City Workhouse in New Orleans, Louisiana. On July 27, 1900, he was shot and killed while attempting to apprehend a violent suspect who had murdered two officers three days earlier. The suspect, Robert Charles, had opened fire on police officers on July 23, 1900, wounding one officer and killing two others the following day. After evading capture, Charles was eventually cornered in a home on Sarat
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