Special Service Officer Wounded by Pistol Shot
- Title of event
- Special Service Officer Wounded by Pistol Shot
- Type of event
- Shooting
- Address of event
- Special Service Officer Wounded by Pistol Shot Happened Entirely at 2493, 7th Ave
- Report on event
- Special Service Officer Wounded by Pistol Shot Sole event referenced by Special Service Officer Wounded by Pistol Shot
- Start date / time
- April 7, 1925
- April 7, 1925
- Start (general time of day)
- Day (Morning)
- Description
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Officer Joseph Angelina, a member of the Special Service Division, was shot in the billiard parlour of John D. Powell. He was shot in the left side of the neck by someone believed to go by the name of King. The shooting was the result of a raid the the Secret Service men made on the parlour looking for policy players. The man who did the shooting escaped, and Angelina was taken to Harlem Hospital where he was said to have a serious wound.