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Officer

Frank Dennis Mancini

Akron Police Department — Akron, OH

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch January 23, 2012

Age 72

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

The Vigil Panel 161 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 27

Incident

Officer Frank Mancini succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained 46 years earlier as he and two other officers attempted to arrest robbery suspects.

On April 10, 1965, Officer Mancini and Officer Eugene Hooper were searching a vehicle on East Avenue past Silvercrest Avenue when one of the subjects was able to gain control of his weapon. The subject shot Officer Hooper, Officer Frank Mancini, and Reserve Officer Wintrow.

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, who was a parolee, 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, also on parole, was convicted of second-degree murder. He was paroled in 1977.

Officer Mancini was paralyzed from the chest down. He succumbed to his wounds on January 23, 2012.

Officer Mancini was a United States Coast Guard veteran and had served with the Akron Police Department for only one year at the time of the shooting.

Survivors

He was survived by his sisters.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Officer Mancini gave the Akron Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Akron community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Akron Police Department

Location Akron, OH

Platform Identity apd.summit.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 23, 2012

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Age 72

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Handgun

Offender Sentenced to two life terms

Military Service

Frank Dennis Mancini served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Officer Frank Dennis Mancini is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 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 3.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

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.

Akron Police Department

of 28 officers

57.1% Felonious

OH — Statewide

572

of 991 officers

57.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious