Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: 8 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 9/29/1919
Weapon: Handgun; .32 caliber
Suspect: Died in prison
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Detective McCarthy was shot and killed after arresting a burlgar. He was working undercover with a local milkman investigating a series of burglaries. The burlgar was entering houses while the milkman was making deliveries, using the noise as cover. The delivery driver pointed out a suspicous man and identified him as a possible burglar. Detective McCarthy, dressed in overalls, arrested the man and called for a patrol wagon to take him to jail.
While they were waiting the suspect asked to sit down on the curb. He sat down long enough to pull a .32 caliber pistol from his shoe and shot Detective McCarthy in the chest. He then began firing at the patrol wagon which was pulling up. The suspect was arrested and sentenced to life in prison, where he later died.
Detective McCarthy had been with the agency for eight years and was survived by his wife and seven children, ages seven to 15.
