Bio & Incident Details
Age: 29
Tour: 10 months
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 6/15/1901
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Apprehended
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Officer Delaney was shot and killed while he and another officer went to arrest a man for threatening his wife. The woman had gone to the Fourth District station house and reported the incident. Officer Delaney and another officer escorted the woman home with orders to arrest the husband. As Officer Delaney entered the front door the suspect opened fire, killing him. The suspect was also wounded in return fire and later apprehended in East St. Louis.
Officer Delaney had been with the agency for ten months and was survived by his wife and two children.
