A Quincy police officer that was shot and killed in the line of duty was finally put to rest with a proper headstone - 95 years after he passed.
A crowd of onlookers consisting of Quincy police officers and family gathered around the newly refurbished gravesite of Alfred Hollis at Saint Mary’s Cemetery on a drizzly Saturday morning.
Hollis was shot and killed on October 4, 1927 after responding to a burglary call. Hollis’ grave has been without a headstone since he was laid to rest almost a full century ago.
“His sacrifice that was made almost a century ago doesn’t go unnoticed. It’s never forgotten,” said Quincy Police Chief Paul Keenan. “And I think that’s important especially for our current officers to know. That they’re a part of a family, they wont be forgotten.”
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