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Maryland Department of State Police

End of Watch: 7/22/1937
Age: 28
Years of Service: 3
Cause of Death: Motorcycle Accident
National Memorial Panel: 34-E: 2

Officer Shaab was killed when his motorcycle collided with an automobile while he was rushing to the scene of a highway accident at Dull's Corner (side street off the Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd.) He was thrown from the cycle. He was taken to the emergency room where he was pronounced dead of a fractured skull, broken neck, cuts, bruises, and internal injuries.​