HARRY HUNT

HARRY HUNT Update officers information and/or submit photo of officer
Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 63-E: 14
Department: Ojai, California, P.D.
End of Watch: April 3, 1943
Cause: PHYS
Age: 50
Years of Service: 10
Description: Officer Hunt led a posse in pursuit of a fugitive from an insane asylum. They spotted the suspect near Steckel Park. As Officer Hunt slid down the embankment, the suspect fired, striking him in the thigh. The bullet passed through his groin and exited Officer Hunt?s buttock. Officer Hunt returned fire, striking the suspect in his head, killing him. Officer Hunt died of a stroke a month later caused by a blood clot from the bullet wound.
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