Saugus Police Department, Massachusetts
End of Watch Saturday, January 26, 1889
Add to My HeroesPhillip Pitts
Officer Phillip Pitts succumbed a gunshot wound sustained two days earlier when he interrupted a burglary at the Boston and Maine Railroad depot in the Cliftondale section of the city.
He was shot in the throat and suffered a fatal wound. He was taken to a local hospital where he died two days later.
Officer Pitts was survived by his wife and two children.
Bio
- Age 41
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Incident Date Thursday, January 24, 1889
- Weapon Handgun
- Offender Not available
Most Recent Reflection
View all 7 Reflections133 years have now passed, but you are remembered. God Bless, Officer Pitts and rest peacefully.
Ptl. Jim Leahy, Jr.
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