Officer Allen Moore, Lawrence Police Department, Kansas

Officer Allen Moore

Lawrence Police Department, Kansas

End of Watch Wednesday, May 22, 1901

Allen Moore

Officer Allen Moore succumbed to an accidental gunshot wound while on duty at about 1:45 am.

He had gone to the Union Pacific Railroad depot and was sitting in the telegraph office. As he stood up his service revolver fell from its holster and discharged, striking him once in the abdomen. He succumbed to the wound a short time later.

Officer Moore was a widower and was survived by his mother and six children.

Bio

Age 40
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Incident Details

Cause Gunfire (Accidental)

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Time may have passed but you are not forgotten. I believe as long as someone remembers you or speaks your name, you are still with us.
Thank you for your heroism.
God Bless

Detention Officer A.Zambito
Texas

May 22, 2015