HENRY T ADAMS
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 39-W: 8
Department: Atlanta, Georgia, P.D.
End of Watch: December 7, 1917
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Attempting an arrest. On December 17, 1917 Officer Henry T. Adams, one of Atlanta?s oldest and most experienced Police Officers was shot and killed in the line of duty. Officer Adams and his partner Officer F.T. Roberts responded to a disturbance at 296 Peters Street where a drunken male had barricaded himself inside threatening to kill anyone who tried to enter. Officer Adams and his partner decided to force entry. Upon gaining entry Officer Adams struggled with the subject who succeeded in pulling a pistol and fired a shot to the Officer?s head, killing him instantly. Officer Roberts who had been slightly wounded in the fray called for aid. The suspect surrendered without further incident and was later found insane and committed.
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