HARRY L MCGINNIS

HARRY L MCGINNIS Update officers information and/or submit photo of officer
Officer Rank: Detective
Memorial Panel: 55-E: 10
Department: Joplin, Missouri, P.D.
End of Watch: April 13, 1933
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Detective McGinnis and Constable J.W. Harryman were shot while attempting to execute a seach warrant at a residence where Bonnie and Clyde were hiding out. The Bonnie and Clyde gang was responsible for the deaths of seven other officers between 1932 and 1934: Constable William Campbell, Prison Guard Joe Crowson, Deputy Malcolm Davis, Marshal H.D. Humphrey, Deputy Eugene Moore, Patrolman H. Murphy and Patrolman Edward Wheeler. Bonnie & Clyde were ambushed and killed by a posse of law enforcement officers on May 23, 1934.
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