Reino Peltola

Reino Peltola

Syntymäaika: 8.5.1908

Kuolinaika: 8.4.1959

Location / Place: Ähtäri

Rank: Senior Constable

Police unit: Ähtäri Sheriff's District

Lähteitä: Poliisimies 8/1959; Helsingin Sanomat 08.04.1959 nro 94 p. 7 ja 18

Tapahtumien kuvaus: On 7.4.1959, Constable Reino Peltola and Sheriff Jouko Virrankoski of Ähtäri were at Jaakko Leppälampi’s farm as witnesses to a foreclosure auction. As Peltola was approaching the house, he was shot by Leppälampi. Peltola fell to the ground but managed to drag himself across the ground and take cover behind a horse. After a while, Leppälampi stepped out of the stable and retreated towards the forest, using one of the buildings as cover and pointing his shotgun at those present. Peltola was seriously wounded, and his life could not be saved. He died at Seinäjoki Hospital on the following day.

Tekijä 1: Leppälahti, Jaakko

Judgment 1: Considered to be not of sound mind. Sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment.

Memorial plaque: Police University College