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Captain Gail Braden
Chief Fire Inspector
City of Wichita, KS
April 6, 1944
Murder

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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