Officer Keys was wounded when he stopped two young men on a motorcycle who
went through a red light. The 17-year-old driver gave a fictitious name and
could produce neither his driver's license nor registration for the motorcycle.
Another officer stayed with the motorcycle and sent Officer Keyes, with the
two men, to the 5th Precinct located on Central Avenue near North Lake Avenue.

At Central Avenue and Quail, one suspect stuck a .32-cal pistol in Officer Keyes'
ribs and ordered the officer to drive past the patrol car and told his accomplice
to take the officer's gun. The second suspect, however, fled. Officer Keyes
then exited the car and struggled with the first suspect. The suspect shot Officer
Keyes in the right chest and fled. Officer Keyes returned fire, emptying his
revolver at the fleeing suspect, but missed. Officer Keyes then collapsed on
the hood of a passing motorist who witnessed the incident. The witness drove
Officer Keyes to the hospital where the officer died 8 days later from pneumonia,
a resulting complication of the shooting. One was subsequently arrested as he
stepped off a train in Plattsburgh, New York and charged with murder. The co-defendant,
a 13 year old, was later arrested and charged with Juvenile Delinquency.

Officer Keys had been with the agency for 11 years and was survived by his daughter.

Sergeant Walter Major was accidentally shot and killed as he and another detective attempted to unload a semi-automatic pistol at the 2nd Precinct station house.

The handgun discharged and struck Sergeant Major in the head, killing him.

Constable Darius Quimby was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man on a trespassing warrant. The suspect was found guilty of murdering Constable Quimby in the July session of the New York State Supreme Court and was hanged on August 26, 1791.

Constable Quimby is the first known law enforcement officer to be killed in the line of duty in the United States.