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Officer Raymond E. Grant | Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia
Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia

Officer

Raymond E. Grant

Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia

End of Watch: Monday, August 14, 1939

Biographical Info

Age: 29
Tour of Duty: 8 months
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Motorcycle crash
Date of Incident: August 14, 1939
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

Officer Grant was killed in a motorcycle accident on a curve on Loughboro Road, NW, while responding to a prowler call.

Another officer who was following him in a patrol car took him to Georgetown Hospital where he died a short time later.

Officer Grant had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for eight months and was assigned to the Seventh Precinct. He was survived by his wife and two children.