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John Boyle
1918
John Patrick Boyle.
How He Died
Manner
Homicide
Cause
Gunshot wound
Mechanism
Firearm
What Happened
Location: Virginia
Weapon: Handgun
Offender: Arrested
Military Police Officer John Boyle was shot and killed by a deserter in Hopewell, Virginia, near Fort Lee.
Military Police Officer Boyle had been notified that the subject was seen in a local restaurant outside the base without a pass. As he was attempting to arrest the subject for desertion the subject shot him in the stomach. Officer Boyle was taken to a hospital at Fort Lee where he succumbed to his gunshot wound.
The subject fled the restaurant and was captured shortly after the shooting.
Military Police Officer Boyle served with the United States Army Military Police Corps for only two months and was survived by his parents and several siblings.
Weapon: Handgun
Offender: Arrested
Military Police Officer John Boyle was shot and killed by a deserter in Hopewell, Virginia, near Fort Lee.
Military Police Officer Boyle had been notified that the subject was seen in a local restaurant outside the base without a pass. As he was attempting to arrest the subject for desertion the subject shot him in the stomach. Officer Boyle was taken to a hospital at Fort Lee where he succumbed to his gunshot wound.
The subject fled the restaurant and was captured shortly after the shooting.
Military Police Officer Boyle served with the United States Army Military Police Corps for only two months and was survived by his parents and several siblings.
Survivors
Military Police Officer Boyle served with the United States Army Military Police Corps for only two months and was survived by his parents and several siblings.
Service Record
Also Served
United States Army Military Police Corps
Military Police Officer
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