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Ira Leon Evans

Case from Minneapolis, MN dated Dec 16, 1932

Victim Details

Ira Leon Evans

Male

White / Caucasian

Minneapolis

MN

1932-12-16

39

Ira

Leon Evans

08/11/2026

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On a frigid Friday, December 16, 1932, Minneapolis Police Patrolman Ira Leon Evans, a 39-year-old man, responded to a bank robbery in progress at the intersection of Central and East Hennepin Avenues. It was a call that would tragically be his last. Evans, an eight-year veteran of the force, arrived at the scene with his partner, Patrolman Leo Gorski. As the two officers exited their patrol car, they were met with a hail of gunfire from two of the suspects, who were armed with a shotgun and a ma ...
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