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Police Officer

James J. Donohoe

Philadelphia Police Department — Philadelphia, PA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch May 3, 1950

Age 34

Tour of Duty 7 yrs 6 mo

Badge 3704

The Vigil Panel 86 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 377

Incident

Police Officer James Donohoe was shot to death by a suspected robber on the platform of the Market-Frankford Elevated Station at 11th Street. Officer Donohoe had gone into the subway after learning of the holdup at a dry cleaner. The suspect shot Officer Donohoe twice at close range. The suspect was later shot and killed by police in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Officer Donohoe was a U.S Army veteran of WWII and served with the Philadelphia Police Department for seven and a half years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and daughter.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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.
Police Officer Donohoe gave the Philadelphia Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia 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

Department Philadelphia Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Platform Identity ppd.philadelphia.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 3, 1950

Tour of Duty 7 yrs 6 mo

Age 34

Badge Number 3704

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

James J. Donohoe served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer James J. Donohoe is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In PA, 597 of 1,261 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.3% of this state's fallen. That is 47.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Philadelphia Police Department, 162 of 378 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.

Philadelphia Police Department

162

of 378 officers

42.9% Felonious

PA — Statewide

597

of 1,261 officers

47.3% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Felonious