United States Department of the Treasury - Bureau of Prohibition, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Thursday, December 27, 1928
Age: 40
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Fall
Date of Incident: September 28, 1928
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Agent James Kerrigan succumbed to abdominal injuries sustained three months earlier when he fell eight feet into an areaway during a raid on an opium den in Newark, New Jersey's, Chinatown. Although injured, Agent Kerrigan continued with the raid and knocked down a door with a sledge hammer.
For several weeks following the raid he complained of sudden pains and eventually checked into Misericordia Hospital in New York City, New York. He remained in the hospital for one week and succumbed to his injuries after undergoing abdominal surgery.
Agent Kerrigan was survived by his wife two young sons.