Bradley N. Kaanana
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Officer

Bradley N. Kaanana

Honolulu Police Department — Honolulu, HI
Felonious
End of Watch July 3, 1965
Age 25
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Bradley Kaanana was shot and killed by a sniper who was shooting at officers and tourists from Pali Lookout. In addition to killing Officer Kaanana, the shooter wounded two other officers and four tourists. The man was a mental patient who had been involved in other sniper shootings in the past. The killer was apprehended and sentenced to 50 years. The man was paroled in 1985 and set free in 1990. Officer Kaanana had served with the Honolulu Police Department for five years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Kaanana gave the Honolulu Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Honolulu community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Kaanana.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI
Platform Identity hpd.honolulu.hi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 3, 1965
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Rifle

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Bradley is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1965, 78 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 89th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Bradley was 25. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Bradley had served 5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was rifle, in 5.9% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

Honolulu Police Department has 52 officers remembered here, Bradley among them.

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Where

Officer Bradley N. Kaanana

Honolulu Police Department · End of Watch July 3, 1965

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 25-W

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