PIERSON C NEAR
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 48-W: 20
Department: Syracuse, New York, P.D.
End of Watch: January 7, 1923
Cause: SHOT
Age: 29
Years of Service: 4
Description: While Officer Near struggled with a suspect, the suspect reached down, grabbed the officer's gun and shot officer. The officer died from a round from his own weapon but not before he identified the suspect who was responsible.
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