Bio & Incident Details
Age: 33
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 6/5/1959
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: One killed, one sentenced to death
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Officer James Kane was shot to death while walking his beat in North Philadelphia by two brothers he caught stealing milk off doorsteps.
The two brothers, ages 22 and 24, led police on a multi-state pursuit that ended in Middleboro, Massachussetts, with one brother being killed in a gun battle with police. The other brother was captured, tried, and convicted of Officer Kane’s murder and sentenced to death. His sentence was later commuted to life.
