Harry Everett Shore, Sr.
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Police Officer

Harry Everett Shore, Sr.

Ocean City Police Department — Ocean City, NJ
Accident
End of Watch July 29, 1927
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Gender Male

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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July 23, 2026

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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

Agency

Location Ocean City, NJ
Platform Identity opd.capemay.nj.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 29, 1927
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

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%.

Ocean City Police Department
1
of 1 officers
100% Accident
NJ — Statewide
258
of 646 officers
39.9% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Harry Everett Shore, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

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.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897