Akron Police Department, Ohio
End of Watch: Friday, August 27, 1993
Age: 63
Tour of Duty: 6 years
Badge Number: 828
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: April 10, 1965
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Died in prison
Reserve Officer Harold Wintrow succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained 28 years earlier while investigating a robbery.
On April 10th, 1965, Officer Eugene Hooper was searching the vehicle of suspected thieves on East Avenue past Silvercrest Avenue when one of the subjects was able to gain control of his weapon. The subject shot and fatally wounded Officer Hooper and shot and injured both Officer Frank Mancini, who was paralyzed from the neck down and Reserve Officer Harold Wintrow, who was paralyzed from the waist down.
A truck driver who came upon the scene used their police radio to call for help. Both subjects, ages 25, were captured at their apartment four hours later.
The shooter was convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder and sentenced to two life terms in prison. He was denied parole in 2010 and again in 2014. He died in prison on October 18th, 2017. His accomplice was convicted of second-degree murder. He was paroled in 1977.
Officer Wintrow had served with the Akron Police Department for six years at the time of the shooting. He is survived by his wife and three children.