Harris Bruce McInnes
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Patrolman

Harris Bruce McInnes

Boston Police Department — Roxbury Crossing, MA
Felonious
End of Watch July 3, 1927
Age 36
Tour of Duty 7 yrs 8 mo
Badge 1536
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Harris McInnes was shot and killed while pursuing two suspects who had just robbed a Chinese restaurant on Main Street, near Charles Street, in the Charlestown area. He chased both suspects into an alley where one of them opened fire, fatally wounding him. The two men fled to New York where they remained for one month before trying to steal a car to flee to California. After stealing the car a traffic officer tried to stop them for a traffic violation on Rockaway Beach Boulevard in Rockaway Beach, New York. The suspects tried to flee but one was killed when the vehicle crashed into a utility pole. The second suspect was arrested and charged in New York with grand larceny and in Massachusetts with murder. Patrolman McInnes had served with the Boston Police Department for 7-1/2 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and daughter.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman McInnes gave the Boston Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Roxbury Crossing community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman McInnes.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Roxbury Crossing, Suffolk County, MA
Platform Identity bpd.suffolk.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 3, 1927
Tour of Duty 7 yrs 8 mo
Age 36
Badge Number 1536
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

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

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1927, 220 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 6th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Harris was 36. 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. Harris had served 7.7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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By day of the week
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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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Boston Police Department has 106 officers remembered here, Harris among them.

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Where

Patrolman Harris Bruce McInnes

Boston Police Department · End of Watch July 3, 1927

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 35-W

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