Police Officer Harold Lee Hammons, Dallas Police Department, Texas

Police Officer Harold Lee Hammons

Dallas Police Department, Texas

End of Watch Wednesday, January 22, 1992

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Harold Lee Hammons

Police Officer Harold Hammons was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow officer while serving a search warrant at an apartment complex in the 8500 block of Park Lane.

Two officers had cleared the main room and detained several armed subjects as Officer Hammons was clearing the kitchen. One of the officers in the main room saw motion in the kitchen and, mistakenly believing a suspect was in the kitchen, opened fire with a shotgun.

Officer Hammons was a United States Army veteran who served with the Dallas Police Department for two years. He was survived by his mother, brother, and four sisters.

Bio

Age 29
Tour 2 years
Badge 5970
Military Veteran

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire (Inadvertent)

search warrant, mistaken identity

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I can’t believe you have been gone 32 years! Seems like yesterday I changed your diaper. I laughed earlier today when I was cooking dinner,a casserole. Thought “Hardy would not touch this!” How you got the nickname Hardy, when one of the little cousins could not say Harold Lee. Your dry sense of humor, you were not much to just chit chat. Uncle Harold asked you once when you were about 5 “what do you know Harold?” You asked him”what do you want to know? I know my ABC”s, I know how to count, what do you want to know?” Everyone cracked up laughing.
I know you were murdered because you were suspicious of some fellow officers and drug deals. You took me on a tour of a couple of expensive homes where cops lived and stated “Cops don’t make this kind of money.” That is why you were called in on your day off. One of the officers you worked with met me at the airport when I flew back for your personal items. He was so young, he told me the department was trying to say you deviated from procedure, and that was a lie. I guess the two officers killed right before you “deviated from procedure.” You told me they were blaming the female officer for “freaking out” you told me that was BS.
I have met someone that wants to look

Ann Rahlfs, oldest sister

July 29, 2024