Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Harrison Boyd was shot and killed when he interrupted two men burglarizing a grocery store on Union Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets. Patrolman Boyd engaged the two men in a shootout, but his service weapon jammed. He was mortally wounded by the suspect's gunfire. Both men were arrested and sent to prison. One was paroled on December 6, 1936. On September 3, 1937, he was killed in a gun battle with police in Clark County, Ohio, in which Patrolman Martin P. Randolph of the Springfield, Ohio, Police Department and Chief Deputy Sheriff Edward Furry of the Clark County Sheriff's Office, Ohio, were also killed. The other suspect died in prison on May 7, 1930, from double pneumonia caused by smoke inhalation during a prison fire 16 days earlier. On April 21, 1930, he was one of 322 inmates who died as a result of the fire and one of five cop killers who died. It was the worst fire in Ohio's history and in American prison history. Patrolman Boyd was a United States World War I veteran.
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.
Patrolman Boyd served with the Marietta Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Marietta 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
Harrison L. Boyd served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Patrolman Harrison L. Boyd 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Harrison L. Boyd's cause is highlighted.
How Harrison L. Boyd Compares
Offender Outcome
One paroled in 1936; One died in prison
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Harrison L. Boyd is highlighted in Jan.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Harrison L. Boyd was killed by gun; unknown type.