Officer Harold Humphrey Pearce - Independence Police Dept. - True Life Hero

Harold Humphrey Pearce
- Jan. 05, 1956 -

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Independence Police Department Agency Patch

Resided:	IA, USA
Born:	Unk
Fallen:	Jan. 05, 1956
Race/Sex:	Caucasian Male / 52 yrs. of age
	Agency
Dept:	Independence Police Dept. IA USA
Dept. Type:	Municipal/Police
Hero's Rank:	Officer
Sworn Date:	Unk
FBI Class:	Homicide - Gun
Weapon Class:	Firearm
On The Job:	2 years

Bio: Not Available

Fatal Incident Summary

Offender:	No Info
Location:	IA USA Thu. Jan. 05, 1956
Summary:	Officer Pearce was shot and killed during an escape attempt by a teenage boy he had just arrested. Officer Pearce and his partner had arrested three boys and two girls after a short car chase and transported them back to the police department on the first floor of the Buchanan County Courthouse. They put the three boys in an internal room with Officer Pearce's partner watching them, and the two girls in an outer room. One of the boys jumped from a window when he was permitted to use the bathroom. The boy then retrieved a shotgun from the backseat of their vehicle, which had been transported to the police department. The suspect re-entered the department and pointed the shotgun at Officer Pearce. He then demanded that Officer Pearce remove his pistol with his left hand. As Officer Pearce complied the boy shot him once in the chest with the shotgun. After freeing the two girls the boy fled the scene but was later arrested. He was convicted and sentenced to life where he remains in 2002, the longest serving prisoner in the state. Officer Pearce had been with the agency for two years and was survived by his wife, two daughters, mother, and brother.
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Last Updated: May. 29, 2019