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Officer

Andrew R. Morales

Honolulu Police Department — Honolulu, HI

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch December 16, 1963

Age 33

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Badge 255

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Gender Male

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Incident

Officer Andrew Morales and Officer Abraham Mahiko were shot and killed at the intersection of Cooke Street and Kawaiahao Street. As they walked up to a suspicious vehicle, the occupants opened fire, killing both. Unknown to them, the subjects had planned to rob the Nikko Cafe and Denver Grill and were waiting for the patrons to leave. Three men, ages 20, 20, and 30, were arrested and charged with their murders a week later. A fourth suspect, age 20, was arrested on January 2, 1964, in San Francisco by FBI agents. In 1964, one suspect was sentenced to 60 years for an unrelated robbery committed a week before the officer's murders. On April 8, 1965, that suspect and another, who both fired the fatal shots, were convicted of two counts of murder and sentenced to life without parole. Both were still in prison in 2000. The other two were allowed to plead guilty to accessory after the fact. It was the first time in the department's history that two officers died at the same time in the line of duty. Officer Morales was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Honolulu Police Department for five years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Officer Morales gave the Honolulu Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Honolulu community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Honolulu Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Platform Identity hpd.honolulu.hi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 16, 1963

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 33

Badge Number 255

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Rifle

Military Service

Andrew R. Morales served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Andrew is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

Compare against

Time

In 1963, 71 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 100th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Andrew was 33. 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. Andrew had served 5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death

Where he stood among them

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When

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Mondays: 13.8%.

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By day of the week

How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was rifle, in 5.9% of these deaths.

Every cause

Weapons recorded