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| Police Officer Ronald Hearn
United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police
U.S. Government
End of Watch: Monday, July 25, 1988 Biographical Info
Age: 49
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: 4268 Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Monday, July 25, 1988
Incident Location: New York
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Not available Officer Ronald Hearn was shot and killed while working the metal detector at the Bronx VA Hospital in New York City, New York. As a man walked through the metal detector the alarm was set off. As Officer Hearn approached the subject the man pulled out a gun and shot Agent Hearn. Although he was wearing a vest the shot entered his side between the two panels.
At the time of the shooting Veterans Affairs Police officers were unarmed and were not supplied vests. Agent Hearn's brother-in-law, New York City Police Officer Charles Davis, was shot and killed in the line of duty in 1996. He was survived by his wife. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
