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Captain Gail Braden

Chief Fire Inspector

City of Wichita, KS

April 6, 1944

Murder

Captain Gail Braden

Stanley Bargel, a tailor, became enraged when ordered to close his shop which had been declared a fire hazard. He went to City Hall and shot and killed Fire Inspector Braden. The suspect fled the scene and committed suicide. Weapon used was a automatic pistol. Honored on the Kansas Firefighters Museum Memorial.

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