Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Red Hooper was shot and killed while searching a vehicle on East Avenue past Silvercrest Avenue in Akron in connection with the armed robbery of a service station. One of the suspects was able to grab Officer Hooper's partner's service weapon and opened fire. Officer Hooper was fatally wounded. His partner and a reserve officer were also shot and critically wounded. His partner was paralyzed from the waist down. A truck driver who came upon the scene used their police radio to call for help. Both suspects, 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. Reserve Officer Harold L. Wintrow succumbed to his wounds on Friday, August 27, 1993. Officer Hooper's partner, Officer Frank Dennis Mancini, died from his wounds on Monday, January 23, 2012. Officer Hooper was a United States Marine Corps WWII veteran and had served with the Akron Police Department for 14 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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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 Hooper gave the Akron Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Akron community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Eugene "Red" Hooper served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Officer Eugene "Red" Hooper 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Eugene "Red" Hooper's cause is highlighted.
How Eugene "Red" Hooper Compares
Offender Outcome
Sentenced to two life terms
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Eugene "Red" Hooper is highlighted in Apr.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Eugene "Red" Hooper was killed by officer's handgun.
Incident Location
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