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Today marks the 40th anniversary of the passing of Officer Jimmy Earl Kennedy from the Juneau (AK) Police Department. Kennedy was from Magee, MS and is buried in the Magee City Cemetery.
As is custom, the Juneau (AK) Police Department sends a floral arrangement to be placed at Kennedy’s graveside for the 2019 anniversary. Jimmy was 32 years old when he died.
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Officers from the Magee Police Department placed the wreath at the graveside.
(pictured from left to right are: Officer Matt Sullivan, Lt. Matt Gipson (CID), Lt. Ben Stephens (Narcotics), Assistant Chief Joey Womack, and Chief of Police Randy Crawford)
The following is information from the incident:
Jimmy Earl Kennedy
Officer Jimmy Kennedy and Officer Richard Adair were ambushed while responding to a shots fired call.
The officers were dispatched to a weapon call, as the suspect had opened fire without provocation on a neighbor and wounded him as he drove out of his driveway. The wounded driver drove down a hill, passed out and wrecked, prompting neighbors to call police.
As the officers pulled up near the suspect’s home, he fired on both with a rifle from a second-floor window, striking them both in the head and killing them instantly. A back-up officer, a responding detective, was also shot and wounded. The chief of police then arrived and contained the scene while calling for backup from Alaska State Troopers. Before the troopers arrived, the suspect committed suicide.
Officer Kennedy had served with the Juneau Police Department for 18 months.
Juneau Police Department, Alaska
End of Watch Tuesday, April 17, 1979
