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Listen: The World ProgramPortrait of Miami Police Officer Jesse L. Morris.
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He was born on July 6, 1903, in Stonewall, OK. Moved to Miami from Tulsa, OK, in 1924 at the age of 21 and joined the Miami Police Department in 1925. He was shot and killed in the line of duty on Friday, July 8, 1927, at 10:35PM in Overtown by a shotgun wielding man (Charles Lee) who had shot 6 others before engagement with police. His name is inscribed on the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C. (on Panel 17, West Wall, Line 18).
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