On September 2, 1896, a shootout in the town of Vallejo left two dead. A local night watchman was placing one intoxicated man in the downtown jail when he got word that Dan Wynne was getting boisterous as O’Brien’s Saloon. At 1:15 a.m., Officer Frank Toal entered the saloon’s swinging doors and saw Wynne with gun in hand. They retreated outside and fired shots at each other. The saloon’s owner reached the officer just in time for him to fall into his arms. He dragged Officer Toal into the saloon and placed him on a billiard table where he died from a bullet through his chest at close range. Toal originally hailed from Ireland, settling first in New York City in 1886 before finding a job as gripman on the Haight Street line in San Francisco two years later. He moved to Vallejo around 1893, taking the job of watchman with the Vallejo Police Department. He patrolled the streets alone at night, protecting citizens from crime. Officer Toal was the first officer killed in the line of duty in Vallejo.