James Farrell, a 32-year-old male, was a patrolman with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police when his life ended in a sudden and tragic mistake on Melrose Avenue in Pittsburgh. Although the date supplied for his death is November 23, 1908, online officer memorial records identify his end of watch as October 23, 1908, and describe the incident as an inadvertent shooting rather than an intentional murder.
The fatal encounter happened around 12:15 a.m., during the kind of tense overnight patrol w
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