Donated by the La Crosse Police Department, this Dunrite Bulletproof Vest was most likely manufactured in the mid-1920s to the 1930s. It was made by the Detective Publishing Co. in Chicago, one of ...

Investigators believe the bulletproof vest was "homemade." However, prior to his encounter with officers, he deliberately removed the vest.

A bulletproof life may have very well saved the life of a Boston police officer who was shot in the chest, but it did not spare him from injury and pain.