In the late hours of a November night in Erie, Pennsylvania, a dedicated officer's life was tragically cut short. Detective Sergeant John T. Grant, a 39-year-old man and an 11-year veteran of the Erie Police Department, was killed in the line of duty on November 22, 1912. The events of that fateful night unfolded in the 700 block of Parade Street as he and another detective attempted to apprehend a man wanted for a violent crime.
The suspect, a 23-year-old man, was sought in connection wi
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