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| Detective Harry E. Tucker
Philadelphia Police Department
Pennsylvania
End of Watch: Saturday, April 24, 1915 Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Thursday, March 25, 1915
Weapon Used: Handgun; Revolver
Suspect Info: Executed in 1916 Detective Tucker was shot and mortally wounded and Detective James Maneely was shot and killed by a 21 year old man they had just arrested on a fugitive warrant. As they were escorting their prisoner to a police call box he produced a revolver and shot both officers near Cambria Street. Detective Tucker subsequently died of his wounds almost one month later. The suspect was arrested a short time later and charged with murder.
The suspect was wanted for a burglary in Princeton, New Jersey, and a robbery of a residence at 52nd Street and Wynnefield Avenue. He was convicted of two counts of murder and executed in the electric chair on July 17, 1916. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
