Shots fired; police mistakenly shoot at wife and detectives on divorce raid
- Title of event
- Shots fired; police mistakenly shoot at wife and detectives on divorce raid
- Type of event
- Shooting
- Persons involved
- Shots fired; police mistakenly shoot at wife and detectives on divorce raid Alleged victim Delph, Walter
- Address of event
- Shots fired; police mistakenly shoot at wife and detectives on divorce raid Happened Entirely at 248, W 139th St
- Report on event
- Shots fired; police mistakenly shoot at wife and detectives on divorce raid Event secondarily referenced by Pistol Shots Shatter Sunday Morn Stillness in Exclusive 139th St Block and Neighborhood is Stirred
- Start date / time
- July 17, 1927
- Start (general time of day)
- Night (Any Time)
- Description
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Dr Delph, fleeing divorce raid, tells police that 4 men and a woman attempting to rob him. Two officers assigned to get him home, arrive there and see car containing group pulling away. Fired at it; turns out to contain doctor's wife and detectives who had conducted divorce raid