Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania
End of Watch: Saturday, April 24, 1915
Age: 42
Tour of Duty: 12 years, 3 months
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: March 25, 1915
Weapon Used: Handgun; Revolver
Suspect Info: Executed in 1916
Detective Harry Tucker and Detective James Maneely were shot and killed by a 21-year-old man they had just arrested on a fugitive warrant. The man was wanted for a burglary in Princeton, New Jersey, and a robbery of a residence at 52nd Street and Wynnefield Avenue.
They located the man near 58th Street and Woodland Avenue and placed him under arrest. As they were escorting the prisoner to a police call box he produced a revolver and shot both officers. The man was arrested a short time later and charged with murder.
Detective Tucker subsequently died of his wounds on April 24th, 1915.
The subject was convicted of two counts of murder and executed in the electric chair on July 17th, 1916.