Bio & Incident Details
Age: 50
Tour: 27 years
Badge # 2
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 10/19/1935
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Sentenced to life in prison
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Patrolman Joseph Pratt was shot twice in the abdomen while serving a non-support warrant on suspect. He was transported to a local hospital where the next morning he succumbed to his wounds without regaining consciousness.
The suspect was apprehended and sentenced to life in prison. He was paroled in the late 1960's.
Patrolman Pratt had served with the agency for 27 years. He was survived by his wife and five children.
