Jimmy Kennedy

Death by Force

White/Caucasian male Jimmy Earl Kennedy, age 32, of Juneau, Alaska, was a patrol officer with the Juneau Police Department. On April 17, 1979, he and fellow officer Richard J. Adair responded to reports that a man had been shooting at passing motorists in the downtown highlands neighborhood near Evergreen Avenue. As their patrol car pulled up outside the suspect's residence, the gunman opened fire from a second-story window with a rifle, striking both officers in the head and killing them instan ...Read More

Officer Jimmy Earl Kennedy, Juneau Police Department, Alaska

JPD honors and remembers ultimate sacrifice by Kennedy & Adair

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