1956-08-17 Webb Thomas E
Patrolman Thomas E. Webb

Entered Division of Police
February 1, 1950
Died In the Line of Duty
August 17, 1956

Patrolman Thomas E. Webb, 31, was the 29th officer killed in the line of duty. Officer Webb, son of retired Sergeant George Webb, was felled by a bullet during a routine investigation of a domestic quarrel at 683 East Capital Street the morning of August 17, 1956.  With Webb was Officer Melvin Grimm.  Within minutes after the officers’ arrival, Bennie Franklin, 25, estranged husband of the woman at the address, had turned the place into a bloody shambles. Officer Webb was fatally wounded with one shot in the head.  Grimm was shot in the back, the bullet traveling up through the shoulder, neck and jaw.  After lengthy hospitalization, Officer Grimm recovered.  Franklin, trapped in an upstairs bedroom, turned the gun upon himself.