Mobile Police Department, Alabama
End of Watch: Sunday, December 21, 1924
Age: 28
Tour of Duty: 1 year, 6 months
Badge Number: 78
Cause of Death: Stabbed
Date of Incident: December 21, 1924
Weapon Used: Edged weapon; Knife
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Officer Jim Shaw was stabbed to death while attempting to arrest a burglar who had broke into a local grocery store. Officer Shaw managed to fire at the suspect as he fled the scene. The 46-year-old suspect was later found at his home in his bed, dead from three gunshot wounds.
Officer Shaw had served with the Mobile Police Department for only 18 months. He was survived by his wife and six children.