Mounted Patrolman Charles G. Peterson, aged 38, of the Cincinnati Police Department, was shot and killed on May 23, 1908, while responding to a fire call at 2161 Queen City Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. Peterson, a United States Navy Spanish-American War veteran, had served with the Cincinnati Police Department for nine years. He was survived by his wife and three sons.
The incident occurred when an emotionally disturbed man, Rosso Levato, set fire to his apartment in an attempt to kill him
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