Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 5/17/1792
Weapon: Handgun
Suspect: Executed in 1793
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Deputy Isaac Smith was shot and killed after responding to a call about a drunken cattleman and British loyalist. The suspect was holding the constable at bay with a pistol outside of a Bronx tavern. As Deputy Smith attempted to arrest him he was shot.
The suspect fled to Canada but was eventually caught and hung on October 2, 1793.
Deputy Smith was survived by his wife and two children.
