Bio & Incident Details
Age: 35
Tour: 9 years
Badge # 7266
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 3/6/1914
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Executed in 1914
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Patrolman Wynn succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained eight days earlier when he was shot while arresting a robbery suspect at Madison Street and Throop Avenue.
The suspect was apprehended and charged with murder. He was convicted and sentenced to death. He was executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison on September 2, 1914.
Patrolman Wynn was assigned to the 155th Precinct (present day 79th Precinct) and had been with the agency for nine years. He was survived by his wife and two daughters.
