Bio & Incident Details
Age: 41
Tour: 9 years
Badge # Chief
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 3/28/1890
Weapon: Handgun; Revolver
Suspect: Sentenced to death
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Chief McCord was shot and killed after arresting a drunk man who had fired a gun at a bar owner. When Chief McCord arrived to take the owner's complaint the suspect reappeared and denied that he shot his gun. Chief McCord placed the man under arrest for being drunk and based on the bar owner's complaint.
As he walked the man to jail the suspect pulled out his revolver near Cumberland Street and 8th Street and shot Chief McCord in the head. Chief McCord was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital where he succumbed to his wound at 0130 hours. The suspect fled the scene but was arrested in Hummelstown by citizens. The man was sentenced to death by hanging.
Chief McCord had been with the agency for 9 years and had only bee promoted to chief a few weeks before his murder. He was survived by his wife, daughter, and two sons.
