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Police Clerk Thomas J. Dillon | Baltimore City Police Department, Maryland
Baltimore City Police Department, Maryland

Police Clerk

Thomas J. Dillon

Baltimore City Police Department, Maryland

End of Watch: Monday, July 12, 1926

Biographical Info

Age: 41
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: June 28, 1926
Weapon Used: Handgun; Pistol
Suspect Info: Shot and killed

Police Clerk Dillon and Police Officer Webster Schumann were shot and killed when they responded to reports of a former mental patient who had shot a men in the neck.

When the officers arrived at the scene, at the intersection of Argyle Avenue and Lafayette Avenue, the man began shooting indiscriminately, wounding four citizens and five officers. Officer Schumann was able to return fire and killed the suspect.

Officer Schumann died the following day. Clerk Dillon, who's spinal column had been severed, died two weeks later.

Clerk Dillon was survived by his wife.