Connecticut Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation

Francis X. Fenton

Officer

Hartford

End of Watch: 3/28/1969

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Officer Fenton of the Hartford Police Department was shot and died in the line of duty while trying to intervene with an armed suspect who was threatening a Hartford tavern owner.

Officer Francis X. Fenton of the Hartford Police Department was shot and died in the line of duty while trying to intervene with an armed suspect who was threatening a tavern owner in the City of Hartford on March 28, 1969. Officer Fenton left a wife and four children.