JOHN O HOLMES

Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 32-W: 20
Department: Mount Holly Township, New Jersey, P.D.
End of Watch: July 22, 1992
Cause: SHOT
Age: 54
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Officer Holmes was shot and wounded responding to a "man with a gun" call. The mentally deranged sniper was shooting at schoolchildren. Officer Holmes was paralyzed as a result of his wounds and succumbed to his injuries 17 years later. Officer William Wurst and Patrolman Donald Aleshire were shot and killed in this incident.
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