Cop Slays Robber After Holdup
- Title of event
- Cop Slays Robber After Holdup
- Type of event
- Shooting
- Address of event
- Cop Slays Robber After Holdup Happened Primarily at 111, E 130th St
- Cop Slays Robber After Holdup Happened Secondarily at 45, W 132nd St
- Report on event
- Cop Slays Robber After Holdup Sole event referenced by Cop Slays Robber in House as Gang Demands His Cash
- Start date / time
- October 12, 1930
- Start (general time of day)
- Night (Any Time)
- Description
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Upon entering a hallway to investigate Harlem robberies, Dectitive Joseph Pavlak was held up by three men with revolvers. Their attempt to rob him was unsuccessful, however, and the detective managed to shoot one of the men, Frank Sears. The other two men left Sears to die at 132nd Street and escaped in a taxicab.