Incident
Officer Shore was killed when he was thrown from his motorcycle at 29th Street and West Avenues as he responded to a fire call.
Survivors
Officer Shore was survived by his wife and 5-year-old son.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Shore served with the Ocean City Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Ocean City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Shore.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Harry Everett Shore, Sr. 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 NJ, 258 of 646 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.9% of this state's fallen. That is 8.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Harry Everett Shore, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Harry Everett Shore, Sr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Harry Everett Shore, Sr. is highlighted in Jul.