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Police Officer Robert Donnelly | Tulsa Police Department, Oklahoma
Tulsa Police Department, Oklahoma

Police Officer

Robert Donnelly

Tulsa Police Department, Oklahoma

End of Watch: Sunday, February 26, 1922

Biographical Info

Age:
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

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 On December 1, 1935, his parole was revoked and he was returned to prison after he tried to take an officer's gun away from him who had pulled him over in Tulsa.