JOHN VAN HORN
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 52-E: 22
Department: Parsons, Kansas, P.D.
End of Watch: July 28, 1899
Cause: SHOT
Age: 42
Years of Service: 1.5
Description: As Officer Van Horn rounded up several members of a robbery gang, his encounter with one of the last members proved fatal. While Officer Van Horn tried to pry his suspect from a fence, shots were fired and Officer Van Horn fell to his death.
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