P.C. Shot in Roof-Top Gun Battle. P.C. A. Rowswell, O.B.E. Police-constable A. Rowswell, of Grays Inn Road Police Station, was shot through the eye when leading a chase over the roof of five-storey hotel in Cartwright Gardens (near Grays Inn Road, London) today, Friday. The pursuit started when police making inquiries about the fatal shooting of Aleysius Abbott, Jamaican aircraftman, outside the Esther Cafe, New Cavendish Street, on Christmas morning, sighted a man they wished to interview. December 27, 1946.
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