Police Officer Jesse F. Beerbower

Jesse F. Beerbower

Police Officer Jesse Beerbower was shot six times and killed while attempting to arrest a parolee for disorderly conduct near Venetian Gardens in Leesburg. He located the man on the shore of the canal next to the park's baseball stadium. A struggle ensued in which the man fatally shot Officer Beerbower.

The suspect was apprehended, convicted of murder, and executed in the electric chair on February 12, 1945.

Officer Beerbower was a WWI veteran. He was survived by his wife.