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Metropolitan Toronto Police
Constable
James Lothian
Metropolitan Toronto Police
January 10th, 1973
Age: 28
Years of Service: 5
James Lothian was Married.
Constable James Lothian
Circumstances
On January 10, 1973 Constable Lothian spotted a fast moving vehicle running a red light. Giving chase, he caught up to the vehicle on Amelia Street when it ran into the rear of another vehicle. Lothian jumped from his cruiser. He was met by David Brian (Duke) Holmes, a crazed drug addict, who shot and fatally wounded the officer. Seven hours after the shooting of the police officer, Holmes attempted to kill himself with a bullet through his skull. His buddy, Walter Eugene McVicar, 25, an occupant of the car chased by Lothian, is believed to have finished the job by firing two further shots into Holmes' head before turning the gun on himself.
Postscript
Constable Lothian was awarded the Metropolitan Toronto Medal of Honour, posthumously.
Metropolitan Toronto Police
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1994
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1994
Hugh G. M. Lynn
1988
David A. Dunmore
1984
Percival B. Cummins
1981
Michael W. Sweet
1980
Henry Snedden
1978
Paul G. Gosling
1976
Lee E. Wilson
1975
Leslie Maitland
1973
James Lothian
1973
Michael Irwin
1972
Donald H. Lewis
1972
Douglas T. Sinclair
1972
David Goldsworthy
1969
John H. Bassett
1963
Kenneth J. Evans
1963
Arthur T. Truman
1963
Frederick J. Nash
1962
Theodore D. Christiansen
1961
John B. Perkins
1959
Thomas A. Whitelaw
1938
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