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Resided:
MA, USA
Born:
Unk
Fallen:
May. 03, 1971
Race/Sex:
Caucasian Male / 58 yrs. of age
Agency
Dept:
Lowell Police Dept.
MA
USA
Dept. Type:
Municipal/Police
Hero's Rank:
Officer
Sworn Date:
Unk
FBI Class:
Homicide - Gun
Weapon Class:
Firearm
On The Job:
30 years
Bio: Not Available
Fatal Incident Summary
Offender:
No Info
Location:
MA
USA
Mon. May. 03, 1971
Summary:
Officer John J. Winn died as a result of injuries received in an assault seventeen months earlier.
Office Winn was checking the doors of a church and two men attacked him when he entered the dark back stairwell to check the door. They attacked him with a tire iron, leaving him for dead, to take his pistol so they could hold up a liquor store and get money to buy drugs.
However, Officer Winn wasnt dead. He crawled and walked to a local pay phone where he called for an ambulance. His optic nerve was damaged and he went blind right away. Officer Winn lived for another seventeen months, dying as a result of the severe injuries that he sustained in that horrendous beating.
