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| Police Clerk Thomas J. Dillon
Baltimore City Police Department
Maryland
End of Watch: Monday, July 12, 1926 Biographical Info
Age: 41
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Monday, June 28, 1926
Weapon Used: Handgun; Pistol
Suspect Info: Shot and killed Clerk Dillon and Officer Webster Schumann were shot and killed when they responded to reports of a former mental patient who had shot a men in the neck. When the officers arrived at the scene the man began shooting indiscriminately, wounding four citizens and five officers. Officer Schumann was able to return fire and killed the suspect.
Officer Schumann died the following day. Clerk Dillon, who's spinal column had been severed, died two weeks later.
Clerk Dillon was survived by his wife. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
