JAMES P LEWIS

Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 21-E: 4
Department: San Diego, California, P.D.
End of Watch: December 12, 1970
Cause: SHOT
Age: 23
Years of Service: 2
Description: Investigating suspicious persons. Officer Lewis was shot and killed while checking citizens for false I.D.'s. The perpetrator said he had identification in his car, but instead produced a small handgun and shot Officer Lewis several times in the stomach. Officer Lewis had come to the aid of a bouncer at a local bar.
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