By Police1 Staff
JACKSON, Miss. — An officer succumbed to his injuries Friday morning after he was critically injured in an off-duty motorcycle wreck April 1.
Cpl. Allen Harper, 43, died from head trauma, The Clarion-Ledger reported.
Harper was a 22-year veteran of the Jackson Police Department and patrolled downtown. His partner, Detective Colendula Green, told The Clarion-Ledger that Harper was a community man and widely recognized throughout the town.
“He wouldn’t meet a stranger. Everyone that came across him loved him instantly,” Green said. “We had so many fun moments that he was always the life of the party. He’s a person that the badge he wears, he exemplified it in his character, his integrity. He was our hero, he helped everybody. He was a hero to me.”
Police Chief Lee Vance said he can’t remember any time a complaint was filed against Harper and the community is feeling the loss of a great officer.
“When a guy like Allen Harper dies, people in the community feel it because they know they’ve lost a true servant,” Vance told the Clarion-Ledger. “It’s a sad thing when we lose one of the good guys.”
Harper leaves behind a wife and two sons.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing, but police said it doesn’t appear that any laws were broken.
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