Closing In



Photo Title

Closing In

Photographer/Creator

James Savage

Collection

Publisher

Detroit Times

Caption/Description

Police armed with revolvers and tear gas guns in the alley in the rear of the home at 1624 Twenty-First in which drink-crazed John W. Burns, a fire sergeant, barricaded himself and defied police. He was killed in the half-hour-long fusillade of police bullets fired at the house.

Citation

James Savage, "Closing In," in POYi Archive, Item #1481, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/1481 (accessed November 22, 2024).

Date Added

07.03.2008