RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A Richmond police officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty in 1925 was honored Monday with a centennial memorial service.
On July 28, 1925, 38-year-old Sgt. J. Harvey Burke of the Richmond Police Department died after he was shot while escorting a man and a woman involved in a domestic lawsuit to their home.
According to police, Burke was asked by a judge to accompany the couple so they could pick up some personal belongings. When they arrived, the man pulled out a gun and shot the woman. Burke was then shot while trying to disarm him…