of Rice Lake, Wisconsin2

See http://www.odmp.org/officer.php?oid=5376

60Acting Detective Charles George, was fatally wounded shortly after 4:00AM, by a suspect whom Detective George sought to question about a filling station burglary three hours earlier. His determination to track down the burglar cost Detective George his life, since he was to have gone off duty at 2:30AM. Much earlier at approximately 1:00AM the filling station located at 2922 W. Fond du Lac Avenue was being burglarized and a beat officer surprised the suspect inside. A foot chase ensued and the officer lost sight of the suspect. Detective George being assigned to this case discovered evidence belonging to the possible suspect. Detective George went to the suspect's address at 629 W. St. Paul and hid under the porch. About an hour later, the suspects appeared and upon seeing Detective George, the suspect fled on foot. Detective George lost the suspect and returned to the station, filing his report and punching out at 3:00AM. Detective George wasn't about to give up, just yet. Detective George had seen his suspect coming out of a house located in the 1700 block of No.4th Street. Detective George played on his hunch and went to the house and when opening a closet door, the suspect, hiding inside a cardboard box fired one shot at Detective George. This one random shot was fatal.