JAY D CLOSE

Officer Rank: Constable
Memorial Panel: 46-W: 21
Department: Dundee, Yates Co., NY, S.O.
End of Watch: December 24, 1910
Cause: SHOT
Age: 19
Years of Service:
Description: Constable Close responded to a call where shots had been fired. Upon entering the doorway, suspect was waiting for constable with a shotgun. Constable Close tried to talk to suspect asking him to put down his weapon. Suspect, not being in his right mind, shot Constable Close in the neck, killing him instantly.
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