Lauri Vesala
Syntymäaika: 01.06.1903
Kuolinaika: 3.4.1929
Location / Place: Salo
Rank: Police Constable
Police unit: Halikko Sheriff's District
Lähteitä: Suomen Poliisilehti 7-8/1929; Poliisimies 5a/1933; Länsi-Savo 23.04.1929 nro 47 p. 3.
Tapahtumien kuvaus: The police were called to a hotel in Salo to calm down an aggressive bootlegger named Tuure Harald Laukkanen. Before reaching the hotel, Constable Vesala joined Sergeant Tuominen and Constables Koskinen and Hiitola on the town. They went to look for Laukkanen and encountered him in the street. After a brief conversation, Laukkanen shot Vesala in the chest, killing him instantly. Vesala had been a police officer in Salo since 1924.
Tekijä 1: Laukkanen, Tuure Harald
Judgment 1: Sentenced to life imprisonment and permanent loss of civic confidence
Memorial plaque: Police University College
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