Roll of Honor
Edward Bertram Connolly
Incident
Captain Edward Connolly succumbed to gunshot wounds received during a shootout between officers and a burglar near a drug store on Cedar Road at 3:00 a.m. on September 2, 1920. Captain Connolly and other officers had been alerted to the burglary by another patrolman who had called for backup. While Captain Connolly was standing in an alley, another officer opened fire on him, thinking he was the burglar. Captain Connolly was taken to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds six days later.
Survivors
Captain Connolly was survived by his wife.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Captain Connolly served with the Cleveland Heights Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Cleveland Heights community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Connolly.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Captain Edward Bertram Connolly is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Cleveland Heights Police Department, 1 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edward Bertram Connolly's cause is highlighted.
How Edward Bertram Connolly Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Edward Bertram Connolly is highlighted in Sep.
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