Israel Gonzalez

Death by Force

Israel Peter Gonzalez Sr., a 27-year-old police officer, tragically lost his life on October 25, 1972, during a bank robbery at the Arlington Trust Company in Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia. Officer Gonzalez was performing a routine check at the bank when he encountered the robbers, who were disguised as telephone company employees. The robbers, a father and his two sons, had meticulously planned the heist, cutting the phone lines to the bank to disable the alarm system.

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