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In the line of duty, Sergeant Edwin Hosli, a male officer with the New Orleans Police Department, succumbed to gunshot wounds he had sustained two months prior. His death was the result of a violent encounter with a sniper on December 31, 1972. On that day, Sergeant Hosli and his canine partner were responding to a warehouse alarm, a call that followed the tragic murder of Cadet Alfred Harrell by the same gunman.

As Sergeant Hosli entered one of the warehouses, the sniper opened fire, str ...Read More
Victim Details

Sgt. Edwin C. Hosli, Sr.

Male

White / Caucasian

New-orleans

LA

1972-12-31

30

Edwin

Hosli

03/13/2026