Charles A. Fry
Police Officer
End of Watch: 1928
Unit: Patrol
Police Officer Fry, assigned to the 6th District, was detailed to a grocery store at 1325 East Passyunk Avenue on January 1, 1928 at 1:40am. Three offenders broke into the rear of the store, and while attempting to apprehend them, Officer Fry was shot and wounded. He succumbed to his wounds nearly seven weeks later. He was 25 years-old and served with the Department for 6 months.