HARRY J KEATING
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 42-W: 17
Department: Kansas City, Missouri, P.D.
End of Watch: March 18, 1917
Cause: SHOT
Age: 34
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Officer Keating, who was in plainclothes, spotted a wanted suspect. Officer Keating had the suspect on his knees at gunpoint when Officer William Leahy, of the Pinkerton P.D. and also in plainclothes, came upon the scene. Officer Leahy, mistaking Officer Keating for a robber, demanded that he drop his weapon. Officer Keating turned to face Officer Leahy and was fatally shot (friendly fire). The suspect escaped.
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