Bio & Incident Details
Age: 31
Tour: 3 years
Badge # 3965
Cause: Stabbed
Incident Date: 4/18/1936
Weapon: Edged weapon; Knife
Suspect: Not available
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Officer Sheares was stabbed to death on West 153rd Street while attempting to arrest a man for rape while off duty. The suspect stabbed him in the arm, chest, and abdomen. He was transported to Harlem Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds two days later.
Officer Sheares had been with the agency for three years and was assigned to the 32nd Precinct. He was survived by his wife and 9-year-old son.
