Police Officer Frank Warren Whitby, Jr.

Frank Warren Whitby, Jr.

Police Officer Frank Whitby succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained one month earlier when he and his partner responded to a home in the 1900 block of East Lanvale Street for reports of a man firing a rifle.

When they arrived at the scene they entered a home to search for the man. The subject suddenly jumped out of a room on the end of a hallway and opened fire, striking Officer Whitby in the thigh and abdomen. Officer Whitby, who was armed with a shotgun, was able to push his partner to safety. He was transported to a local hospital where he remained until succumbing to his wounds.

The man was committed to a state mental institution where he later died.

Officer Whitby had served with the Baltimore City Police Department for two years. He was survived by his wife and two daughters.