JAMES J DONAHUE
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 35-W: 8
Department: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, P.D.
End of Watch: May 3, 1950
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Officer Donahue was shot and killed on a subway platform while attempting to arrest two males. The suspects had robbed an individual of 26 cents. The first suspect was shot to death during a gun battle with police three days later. The second suspect was declared insane and sent to a mental institution.
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