Bio & Incident Details
Age: 32
Tour: 4 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 6/20/1929
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Sentenced to 35 years
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Sergeant McClary was shot and killed after entering an alley in Old Town Alexandria. As he was walking past a house of ill-repute, a man ran out of the house and shot him.
Nearly four years later the suspect was arrested and returned to Alexandria. He pled guilty and was sentenced to life.
Sergeant McClary had served with the Alexandria Police Department for 4 years. He was survived by his wife and five children.
On March 17, 1935, his brother, Corporal Clarence McClary, was also shot and killed in the line of duty while serving on the Alexandria Police Department.
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