On May 27, 1906, Frank L. Slaymaker, a 24-year-old police officer with the Philadelphia Police Department, was fatally shot while attempting to arrest two suspects for robbing a person in a Chinese restaurant. Officer Slaymaker, who had served with the department for only seven months, was shot by one of the suspects at the corner of 9th Street and Wood Street. The suspect, an 18-year-old male, produced a revolver and fired at Officer Slaymaker as they waited for a wagon. The suspect then fled t
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