Tulsa Police Department, Oklahoma
End of Watch: Sunday, February 26, 1922
Age:
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: February 26, 1922
Weapon Used: Handgun; .45 caliber
Suspect Info: Sentenced to life
Officer Robert Donnelly was shot and killed while searching a juvenile's vehicle for liquor.
The 17-year-old suspect was apprehended, convicted of murder and sentenced to life. He escaped from the Oklahoma Penitentiary in January of 1925. On June 10, 1928, he was captured in Basin, Wyoming. He was paroled in 1935. On December 1, 1935, his parole was revoked and he was returned to prison after he tried to take an officer's gun away from him who had pulled him over in Tulsa.