James Nathaniel Mason, a 35-year-old male police officer with the Philadelphia Police Department, tragically died on May 7, 1981. Officer Mason succumbed to injuries from a gunshot wound three days after being ambushed while sitting in his patrol car near the Mantua Hall Housing Project. He and his partner had just settled a disturbance call when the incident occurred. Officer Mason was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for five years. He was survived by
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