Policeman Fred Stevens, Havre Police Department, Montana

Policeman Fred Stevens

Havre Police Department, Montana

End of Watch Wednesday, May 25, 1904

Fred Stevens

Policeman Stevens was shot and killed in the line of duty. The following month the same suspect shot and killed Sheriff Harry Harris of the St. Croix County, Wisconsin, Sheriff's Office.

On January 1, 1905, a 26-year-old man convicted of murdering the mayor of Thompson, Illinois, on September 16, 1904 was identified as the killer of Sheriff Harris. The mayor was shot and killed by the suspect as he assisted the local constable in arresting him for robbing a saloon. The suspect was sentenced to life in Joliet Penitentiary where he later died.

Bio

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Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type
Offender Sentenced to life in Illinois for murder

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Time may have passed but you are not forgotten. I believe as long as someone remembers you or speaks your name, you are still with us.
Thank you for your heroism.
God Bless

Detention Officer A.Zambito
Texas

May 25, 2015