Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman John Fraser succumbed to gunshot wounds he received when he interrupted a robbery in progress on September 26, 1934. Patrolman Fraser was in civilian clothes and standing in front of a millinery shop on Flatbush Avenue. He observed three suspicious men enter a store across the street. Patrolman Fraser followed the men into the store and noticed that the employees looked scared. As he identified himself as a Patrolman, one of the three suspicious men suddenly turned and shot him in the stomach. The gunman then fled from the store. Although mortally wounded, Patrolman Fraser struggled with the two remaining suspects and was able to subdue them. Unable to hold his grip on one of the suspects, Patrolman Fraser handed his revolver to the store owner and told him to hold the suspects at gunpoint. The 19-year-old gunman was captured a short time later and charged with murder. Patrolman Fraser was taken to a local hospital where he died from his wounds two days later. Patrolman Fraser had served with the New York City Police Department for seven years and was assigned to the 4th Detective Division. His wife survived him. In 1941, a City park was named after Patrolman Fraser.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Fraser gave the New York City Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Fraser.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Patrolman John J. Fraser 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 NY, 728 of 2,147 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 33.9% of this state's fallen. That is 33.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At New York City Police Department, 365 of 1237 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 29.5% of this agency's fallen.
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