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Patrick Edward Fitzgerald

Case from Pittsburgh, PA dated Apr 12, 1901

Victim Details

Patrick Edward Fitzgerald

Male

White / Caucasian

Pittsburgh

PA

1901-04-12

45

Patrick

Edward Fitzgerald

06/26/2026

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Detective Patrick Edward Fitzgerald, aged 45, was a dedicated officer with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. On April 12, 1901, he was shot and killed while investigating a robbery and murder at a grocery store in the Mount Washington section of Pittsburgh. Fitzgerald and his fellow detectives had identified multiple suspects and went to their boarding house at 32 Fulton Street, Allegheny City . As they entered the room, a shootout ensued, and Detective Fitzgerald was fatally shot.

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