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Harvey James Adams

Case from Marietta, GA dated Sep 03, 1986

Victim Details

Harvey James Adams

Male

Black / African American

Marietta

GA

1986-09-03

30

Harvey

James Adams

06/25/2026

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Harvey James Adams was a 30-year-old male police officer from Marietta, Georgia, and the online records available about his death tell the story of a young officer whose life ended during dangerous undercover work far from the ordinary rhythm of patrol. On September 3, 1986, while assigned to a narcotics operation in Pulaski County, he was shot and killed in the line of duty. The accounts that remain online are brief, but they consistently describe the same grim scene: Adams was working undercov ...
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