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James H. Carroll
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Patrolman

James H. Carroll

Lynn Police Department — Lynn, MA
Felonious
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End of Watch June 25, 1910
Age 55
Tour of Duty 28 yrs
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Gender Male
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Incident

Patrolman James Carroll was shot and killed in a shootout with three armed robbers. Patrolman Carroll was assigned to provide an escort to a partner from the Landregan and Welch Shoe Company as he picked up the company payroll, which was approximately $5,000 to $6,000. As they left the bank, while walking on Oxford Street, three men started following them. At the intersection of Oxford and Willow, the men attacked. The businessman was shot first, then they shot Patrolman Carroll. As both men lay injured on the ground, the robbers emptied their weapons into them. The event had been witnessed by numerous people inside an adjacent shoe factory and they started pelting the fleeing robbers with shoes, cutters knives, and scraps of iron. As they fled, they later shot another civilian in the leg, believing him to be a plain clothes policeman. When the robbers were being surrounded, one escaped, one committed suicide, and one was shot in the hand during another gun battle. The robber that escaped was later shot and killed by other officers after he opened fire on them. The captured robber was convicted of murder and robbery and was executed on March 7th, 1911.

Survivors

Patrolman Carroll was survived by his wife.

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28 years. You could have gone home.
Patrolman Carroll gave the Lynn Police Department 28 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Lynn community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Carroll.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Lynn Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Lynn, Essex County, MA
Platform Identity lynnpd.essex.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 25, 1910
Tour of Duty 28 yrs
Age 55
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

James is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1910, 121 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 43rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

James was 55. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. James had served 28 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Lynn Police Department has 11 officers remembered here, James among them.

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Where

Patrolman James H. Carroll

Lynn Police Department · End of Watch June 25, 1910

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 9-W

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