In memory of
Albert Schmittker
1923
- Their country
- United States of America
- Killed that day
- March 30, 1923, aged 39
Their life
Location: Pennsylvania
Incident Date: Wednesday, March 28, 1923
Weapon: Handgun; Revolver
Offender: Not available
Railroad Detective Albert Schmittker succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained two days earlier in the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad's Southside yards near South Fourth Street in Braddock, Pennsylvania.
He was examining an eastbound freight train that had stopped in the yards. As he opened the door to a boxcar, two subjects jumped out and opened fire on him with a revolver, striking him in the leg. Both men then fled the area towards South Sixth Street.
Detective Schmittker was taken to Southside Hospital where he died two days later.
Detective Schmittker was survived by his wife.
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Detective Schmittker was survived by his wife.
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