JOHN FRIEL
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 29-W: 14
Department: Metropolitan Nashville, Tennessee, P.D.
End of Watch: September 24, 1918
Cause: SHOT
Age: 64
Years of Service: 23
Description: Patrolman Friel was shot and killed after he and his partner responded to a report of a prowler. The officers spotted the man in the dead-end of West Broadway. As they approached the suspect the man opened fire and Patrolman Friel was struck twice. He succumbed to his wounds early the next day.
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