CORNEL YOUNG JR
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Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 34-W: 22
Department: Providence, Rhode Island, P.D.
End of Watch: January 28, 2000
Cause: SHOT
Age: 29
Years of Service: 3
Description: <p>Friendly fire. Patrolman Young was shot and killed by other officers who had mistaken him for a suspect. Patrolman Young was off duty and at a late night restaurant when the disturbance between some juveniles broke out. Sergeant Young was posthumously promoted to the rank of Sergeant. His father also served with the Providence Police Department at the time of the incident. His parents established the Sgt. Cornel Young, Jr. Scholarships through the Rhode Island Foundation.</p>
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