Vice squadder shot accidentally by another officer, 1957

2 images. Vice squadder shot accidentally by another officer, 16 January 1957. Sam Thomas (pulled gun on vice squad officers); Detective Captain Tony Ruiz (questioning at hospital); Kermitt Bekke (officer shot): Mrs. Barbara Perkins (nurse).; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Wesselmann. Date: 1957-01-16. Reporter: Decker. Assignment: Vice squadder shot by another during arrest by accident. 4: Sam Thomas, who pulled gun on vice squad officers, and 77th street detective captain, Tony Ruiz - questioning at Georgia St. Rec. Hosp. 1/2: Kermit Bekke, 34, officer who was shot accidentally by another officer while trying to disarm vice suspect, seen here with Georgia street receiving nurse Mrs. Barbara Perkins".