Roll of Honor
Incident
Reserve Officer Harold Wintrow succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained 28 years earlier while investigating a robbery.
On April 10, 1965, Officer Eugene Hooper was searching the vehicle of suspected thieves on East Avenue past Silvercrest Avenue when one of the subjects was able to gain control of his partner's weapon. The subject shot and fatally wounded Officer Hooper and shot and injured both Officer Frank Mancini, who was paralyzed from the neck down, and Reserve Officer Harold Wintrow, who was paralyzed from the waist down.
A truck driver who came upon the scene used their police radio to call for help. Both subjects, ages 25, were captured at their apartment four hours later.
The shooter was convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder and sentenced to two life terms in prison. He was denied parole in 2010 and again in 2014. He died in prison on October 18, 2017. His accomplice was convicted of second-degree murder. He was paroled in 1977.
Officer Wintrow was shot through his spine and passed away from complications of his wounds on August 27, 1993.
Officer Wintrow had served with the Akron Police Department for six years at the time of the shooting.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and three children.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Reserve Officer Wintrow gave the Akron Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Akron community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Officer Wintrow.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Reserve Officer Harold L. Wintrow 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 97,772 officers honored here.
In OH, 572 of 991 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.7% of this state's fallen. That is 57.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Akron Police Department, 16 of 28 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Harold L. Wintrow's cause is highlighted.
How Harold L. Wintrow Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Harold L. Wintrow is highlighted in Aug.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Harold L. Wintrow was killed by handgun.
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