JOHN W BLACKBURN
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Officer Rank: Inspector
Memorial Panel: 25-W: 4
Department: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, P.D.
End of Watch: January 17, 1929
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Inspector Blackburn and his squad were trying to remove a barricaded man from his room. The individual first shot Officer Joseph Lawrence and then fatally shot Inspector Blackburn in the head and the stomach. The suspect was shot and wounded at the scene. Officer Lawrence recovered from his wounds. The suspect was acquitted of murder by a jury and sent to a mental institution.
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