Bio & Incident Details
Age: 64
Tour: 24 years
Badge # 1036
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 6/9/1925
Weapon: Officer's handgun
Suspect: Executed in 1928
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Officer John Creevy was shot and killed while trying to break up a domestic disturbance in a house in Germantown. A man, who had already killed another man in the house, snatched Officer Creevy's service revolver from its holster and shot him. The man was tackled outside the house and badly beaten by a crowd.
The suspect was convicted of Officer Creevy's murder and executed on December 3, 1928.
Officer Creevy was a 24-year veteran of the force.
