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| Patrolman Harrison L. Boyd
Marietta Police Department
Ohio
End of Watch: Sunday, January 11, 1925 Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Sunday, January 11, 1925
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Convicted Patrolman Boyd was shot and killed when he interrupted two men burglarizing a grocery store. Patrolman Boyd engaged the two men in a shootout but his service weapon jammed. He was mortally wounded by the suspects' gunfire.
Both men were arrested and sent to prison. One was paroled December 6, 1936. On September 3, 1937, he was killed in a gun battle with police in Clark County, Ohio, in which Patrolman Martin P. Randolph of the Springfield, Ohio, Police Department and Chief Deputy Sheriff Edward Furry, of the Clark County Sheriff's Office, Ohio, were also killed. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
