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Oscar Waldmar Christensen

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Oscar Waldmar Christensen

Birth
Denmark
Death
11 May 1897 (aged 33–34)
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA
Burial
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Biography from Indiana Law Enforcement website:
http://officersearch.inlem.org/officer.php?id=0270

South Bend Police Department Officer Oscar Christensen was accidentally shot and killed by a railroad detective. Officer Christensen was investigating vandalism in the railroad yards at the time. There had been reports of many hobos in the yards and it was thought that one of them was responsible for the killing. Several months after the killing, the railroad detective came forward and admitted his mistake.
Biography from Indiana Law Enforcement website:
http://officersearch.inlem.org/officer.php?id=0270

South Bend Police Department Officer Oscar Christensen was accidentally shot and killed by a railroad detective. Officer Christensen was investigating vandalism in the railroad yards at the time. There had been reports of many hobos in the yards and it was thought that one of them was responsible for the killing. Several months after the killing, the railroad detective came forward and admitted his mistake.

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