Detective Robert J. Shannon, East Orange Police Department, New Jersey

Detective Robert J. Shannon

East Orange Police Department, New Jersey

End of Watch Wednesday, December 15, 1915

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Robert J. Shannon

Detective Robert Shannon and Detective William Mertz, of the Bloomfield Police Department, were shot and killed while they and two other officers attempted to arrest a murder suspect. The other two officers were wounded. Detective Mertz succumbed to his wounds three days after the shooting.

The 57-year-old suspect was apprehended in Newberg, New York on August 27, 1916. Two months later he was convicted of two counts of murder and sentenced to death. His sentence was later commuted to life.

Detective Shannon was survived by his wife and two sons.

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Age 37
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Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Shotgun
Offender Sentence commuted to life

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Thinking of you today and knowing how painful this was to my grandmother, who was your niece and great grandmother, who was your sister. It’s strange how I live in the same area where this occurred. East Lindsey Ave. Cedar Grove. Christmas that year, 105 years ago, was changed forever for them. - S. LiCalsi, Verona, NJ

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December 15, 2020