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U.S. Army · United States 
Charles Chitwood
1920
Charles E. Chitwood served the U.S. Army.
How He Died
Manner
Homicide
Cause
Gunshot wound
Mechanism
Firearm
What Happened
Location: Oklahoma
Weapon: Handgun
Offender: Unknown
Special Officer Charles Chitwood was shot and killed in the rail yards between Cincinnati Avenue and Detroit Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
He was shot when he caught a man stealing produce from a boxcar and attempted to arrest him. The subject jumped onto a passing train that was leaving the city. It is unknown whether he was ever captured.
Officer Chitwood was a U.S. Army veteran of WWI and served with the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Police Department for one year.
Weapon: Handgun
Offender: Unknown
Special Officer Charles Chitwood was shot and killed in the rail yards between Cincinnati Avenue and Detroit Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
He was shot when he caught a man stealing produce from a boxcar and attempted to arrest him. The subject jumped onto a passing train that was leaving the city. It is unknown whether he was ever captured.
Officer Chitwood was a U.S. Army veteran of WWI and served with the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Police Department for one year.
Service Record
U.S. Army
Also Served
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Police Department
Special Officer
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