Edward Emile Fritz, Jr.

Metro-Dade Police Department — Miami, FL

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch February 3, 1953

Age 24

Tour of Duty 3 yrs 6 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 24

Incident

Police Officer Edward Fritz was shot and killed after stopping a vehicle on NW 119th Street, near 20th Avenue, that was fleeing a robbery. He was unaware that the occupants were wanted for a series of robberies in the area and was shot as he approached the vehicle. The three suspects were apprehended. Two of them were convicted and executed for the murder in 1956. Officer Fritz was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII. He had served with the Dade County Road Patrol for two years and had previously served with the Norfolk Police Department in Virginia for 18 months.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and parents.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Fritz gave the Metro-Dade Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Miami community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Metro-Dade Police Department

Location Miami, FL

Platform Identity metrpd.miamidade.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 3, 1953

Tour of Duty 3 yrs 6 mo

Age 24

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Offender Executed in 1956

Military Service

Edward Emile Fritz, Jr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Police Officer Edward Emile Fritz, Jr. is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In FL, 539 of 1,008 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.5% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Metro-Dade Police Department, 14 of 25 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 56% of this agency's fallen.

Metro-Dade Police Department

of 25 officers

56% Felonious

FL — Statewide

539

of 1,008 officers

53.5% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious