Merchant Policeman Ambrose Donahue, Leavenworth Police Department, Kansas

Merchant Policeman Ambrose Donahue

Leavenworth Police Department, Kansas

End of Watch Saturday, July 2, 1910

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Ambrose Donahue

Merchant Policeman Ambrose Donahue was shot and killed as he and three other officers while attempting to arrest a tramp who was trespassing in a boxcar.

The officers encountered a suspicious man in a boxcar while investigating earlier gunshots reported in the area. The man opened fire as he fled the scene, fatally wounding Policeman Donahue. The subject escaped over the Terminal Bridge.

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Age 38
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Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Handgun
Offender Not available

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Officer Donahue,
On today, the 110th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of Leavenworth.

R.I.P.
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Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

July 2, 2020