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Lieutenant

Charles A. Harrison

Pasco County Sheriff's Office — New Port Richey, FL

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch June 1, 2003

Age 57

Tour of Duty 31 yrs

Badge 0037

The Vigil Panel 151 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 5

Incident

Lieutenant Bo Harrison was shot and killed while he sat in his patrol car observing activity at nightclub U.S. Route 301 in Lacoochee at approximately 2:00 am.

Several deputies who were across the street heard a gunshot and went to investigate. They located Lieutenant Harrison in his patrol car in the parking lot of a market across the street from the nightclub suffering from a gunshot wound to the back. He was transported to Dade City Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Lieutenant Harrison had been shot with a high-powered rifle by a sniper who was in the nearby woods. The shot went through the trunk of the car and struck him in the back.

A 19-year-old suspect turned himself in two days later and was charged in connection with Lieutenant Harrison's murder. He admitted to shooting at the patrol in retaliation for a previous incident in which his friend died in a crash while fleeing from police officers. The man was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison with no parole.

Lieutenant Harrison was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He had served with the Pasco County Sheriff's Office for 31 years, and his retirement date was only 15 days away.

Survivors

He is survived by his son and two daughters.

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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.
Lieutenant Harrison gave the Pasco County Sheriff's Office 31 years.
Thank you for your service to the New Port Richey community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Pasco County Sheriff's Office

Type Sheriff's Office

Location New Port Richey, Pasco County, FL

Platform Identity pcso.pasco.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 1, 2003

Tour of Duty 31 yrs

Age 57

Badge Number 0037

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Rifle; AK-47

Military Service

Charles A. Harrison served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Lieutenant Charles A. Harrison is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In FL, 539 of 1,008 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.5% of this state's fallen. That is 53.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Pasco County Sheriff's Office, 4 of 6 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

Pasco County Sheriff's Office

of 6 officers

66.7% Felonious

FL — Statewide

539

of 1,008 officers

53.5% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious