Patrol Officer
Frank Marion 'Pete' Levy Jr.
Anderson Police Department
Monday, November 25, 1935
Age: 56
Served: 5 years, 8 months
Badge #: 114
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Anderson Police Department

Incident Details

Cause of Death
Gunfire
Date/Time of Incident
Monday, November 25, 1935
12:15 am
Incident to Death Duration
Same day
Incident Location
10th and John streets, Anderson
Incident County
Madison
Incident Township
Anderson
Weapon Used
.45-caliber handgun
Suspect Disposition
Never apprehended
Burial Place
Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson
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   Patrol Officer Frank Levy was shot and killed while investigating a suspicious vehicle.

   He was fatally shot in the chest and abdomen and died at the scene.

   On December 7, Indianapolis Sergeant Orville Quinnette was shot and died 11 days later after he and his partner received a tip the suspect was living in an apartment in their city but the man being sought was not there.

   It was suspected those responsible were members of the Brady Gang, who also killed Sergeant Richard Rivers of the Indianapolis Police Department on April 27, 1936 and Trooper Paul Minneman of the Indiana State Police on May 27, 1937.

   No suspects were ever apprehended in the killing of Officer Levy.

   Patrol Officer Levy was survived by his wife and daughter.

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Indiana Army National Guard
Spanish–American War
Private (PVT)



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