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| Name : Walsh, Robert | Rank: P.O. |
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| Shield #: 29687 | Command: 007 Pct. | |||
| Date of Death: 1981-01-12 | Cause of Death: Shot-Robbery-Off Duty | |||
| Officer Walsh was shot and killed when he attempted to stop a robbery in progress while off-duty. Officer Walsh had just gotten off-duty and stopped at a bar near his home in Queens when three armed, masked men entered the bar and announced a robbery. One suspect, who was holding two guns, pointed one gun at Officer Walsh and the other gun at a friend Officer Walsh had been talking to.
Officer Walsh's friend made a movement that distracted the gunman, and gave Officer Walsh an opportunity to draw his weapon. Officer Walsh identified himself as a Police Officer, but before he could take any further action, he was shot in the shoulder by the suspect. The suspect then yelled to his accomplices and the suspects began to flee the bar. As he was leaving the gunman who wounded Officer Walsh walked up to the wounded officer and shot him in the head, killing him. The suspect then fled from the bar, with Officer Walsh's friend in pursuit. The suspects fled into a get away car, driven by a fourth suspect. As they fled, Officer Walsh's friend fired several shots at the suspects, but was unable to stop them. All four suspects were later apprehended and ranged in age from 15 to 23. The suspect that fired the shots that killed Officer Walsh was 16-years-old. The 15 year old suspect plead guilty as a juvenile offender in Family Court and was sentenced to 10 years, the other three suspect were all convicted of murder and attempted robbery and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Officer Walsh had been a member of the New York City Police Department for 12 years. He was 34. |
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| Way back in the early 80's, i read about this officer's execution in a detective magazine and it's really upsetting that these perps are free or about to be. | ||||
— Clyde Roberts(visitor) |
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| rest in peace. | ||||
— sjs Posted: November 15, 2006, 12:31 pm |
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| I dated P.O. Walsh's Daughter in the 80's and only knew that her father was a P.O. and had been killed. I think of him often as I do her, and can only imagine the pain that the family suffered. May he rest in peace. | ||||
— Eddie Posted: July 18, 2007, 12:02 am |
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| I met Bobby when he worked in the 83. After he was transferred he often came back to visit. He was a nice guy who would do anything for a friend. | ||||
— Kevin Cox Posted: February 18, 2010, 3:32 pm |
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| As a rookie court officer this was the first trial that I ever worked. Now I have nearly 30 years on and am approaching retirement. For some reason I was thinking about Officer Walsh today and googled this site. Rest in Peace. | ||||
— Matt Temkin Posted: April 3, 2010, 10:26 pm |
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