Bio & Incident Details
Age: 33
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 4/28/1923
Weapon: Shotgun
Suspect: Committed suicide
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Corporal Harold Mattice was shot and killed by a suspect while investigating an arson call. The suspect was on parole for raping his niece and was hiding in the home. When the officers approached the suspect opened fire, fatally wounding Corporal Mattice. The suspect then committed suicide.
Corporal Mattice was survived by his wife, young son, and a daughter that was born one month after his death. Trooper Mattice was the first New York State Trooper to die by gunfire.
