New Britain Police Department, Connecticut
End of Watch Sunday, October 12, 1924
James Skelly
Officer James Skelly was shot and killed after responding to a report of a burglary in progress at a local department store.
When the officers arrived, they confronted the suspect and identified themselves. The man immediately opened fire, striking Officer Skelly in the chest three times.
The man was convicted of Officer Skelly's murder and hanged in 1926.
Officer Skelly had been employed with the New Britain Police Department for 17 years.
Bio
- Age 55
- Tour 18 years
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Gun; Unknown type
- Offender Executed in 1926
Related LODD Deaths
Detective Charles Dewitt Hammond
Muskegon Police Department, MI
EOW: October 31, 1925
Most Recent Reflection
View all 8 ReflectionsSearching through ancestry records, I have come to believe that James Skelly is my Great-Great-Grandfather.
Christopher Skelly
Great-Great-Grandson
May 9, 2012
Recent LODD Deaths
Police Officer Jason Seals
Slidell Police Department, LA
EOW: November 17, 2018
Police Officer Toshio Hirai
Gardena Police Department, CA
EOW: November 15, 2018
Police Officer Jared William Franks
Greensboro Police Department, NC
EOW: November 10, 2018
Sergeant Ronald Lee Helus
Ventura County Sheriff's Office, CA
EOW: November 8, 2018
Special Agent Dennis P. McCarthy
United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Homeland Security Investigations, US
EOW: October 27, 2018
Corporal Travis Wells
Dallas Police Department, NC
EOW: November 1, 2018
Deputy Sheriff Loren Y. Vasquez
Waller County Sheriff's Office, TX
EOW: October 31, 2018
Assistant Chief of Police Dennis Burt Vincent
Brigham City Police Department, UT
EOW: October 26, 2018
Investigator Farrah Turner
Florence County Sheriff's Office, SC
EOW: October 22, 2018