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Harold L. Wintrow
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Reserve Officer

Harold L. Wintrow

Akron Police Department — Akron, OH
Felonious
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End of Watch August 27, 1993
Age 63
Tour of Duty 6 yrs
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 27

Incident

Reserve Officer Harold Wintrow succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained 28 years earlier while investigating a robbery.

On April 10, 1965, Officer Eugene Hooper was searching the vehicle of suspected thieves on East Avenue past Silvercrest Avenue when one of the subjects was able to gain control of his partner's weapon. The subject shot and fatally wounded Officer Hooper and shot and injured both Officer Frank Mancini, who was paralyzed from the neck down, and Reserve Officer Harold Wintrow, who was paralyzed from the waist down.

A truck driver who came upon the scene used their police radio to call for help. Both subjects, ages 25, were captured at their apartment four hours later.

The shooter 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 was convicted of second-degree murder. He was paroled in 1977.

Officer Wintrow was shot through his spine and passed away from complications of his wounds on August 27, 1993.

Officer Wintrow had served with the Akron Police Department for six years at the time of the shooting.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and three children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Reserve Officer Wintrow gave the Akron Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Akron community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Officer Wintrow.

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

Agency

Department Akron Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Akron, Summit County, OH
Platform Identity apd.summit.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 27, 1993
Tour of Duty 6 yrs
Age 63
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Harold 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 1993, 101 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 51st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Harold was 63. 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. Harold had served 6 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

Akron Police Department has 28 officers remembered here, Harold among them.

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Where

Reserve Officer Harold L. Wintrow

Akron Police Department · End of Watch August 27, 1993

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 15-W

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