Harry E. Parker
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Lieutenant

Harry E. Parker

Minneapolis Police Department — Minneapolis, MN
Felonious
End of Watch December 24, 1930
Age 38
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Lieutenant Parker was shot and killed while he and another detective staked out an apartment for bank robbery suspects. Officers had raided the apartment on Eighth Street South the previous day and located a cache of weapons. The two officers were then positioned in the apartment to arrest anyone else who came by. The day after the raid a man knocked on the door. When the officers opened the door with their guns drawn the suspect and Lieutenant Parker exchanged shots. The suspect was killed instantly and Lieutenant Parker received mortal wounds that he succumbed to 15 days later.

Survivors

Lieutenant Parker had been with the agency for ten years and was survived by his wife and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant Parker gave the Minneapolis Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Minneapolis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Parker.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN
Platform Identity mpd.hennepin.mn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 24, 1930
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Age 38
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Harry 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 1930, 239 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 2nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Harry was 38. 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. Harry had served 10 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

By month
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

Minneapolis Police Department has 50 officers remembered here, Harry among them.

Across the years

Lieutenant Harry E. Parker

Minneapolis Police Department · End of Watch December 24, 1930

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 43-W

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