Bio & Incident Details
Age: 25
Tour: 3 years
Badge # 2583
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 4/21/1971
Weapon: Handgun; .22 caliber
Suspect: Not available
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Officer Jerrard Young succumbed to wounds received approximately one month earlier while attempting to serve a bench warrant on a suspect. He was assigned to the Fourth District's plainclothes unit. As he approached the suspect on 14th Street, NW, the man pulled out a .22 caliber handgun and opened fire. Officer Young was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries approximately one month later.
Officer Young had served with the agency for almost three years.



