Pennsylvania Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police
End of Watch: Thursday, July 7, 1932
Age: 40
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Date of Incident: July 7, 1932
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Sergeant Homer Elder was struck and killed by freight train No. VL-7 while patrolling the Panhandle Division's tracks near Point Bridge.
He and another sergeant had been dispatched to the area to remove a group of trespassers who were attempting to board slow moving freight trains.
Sergeant Elder was survived by his wife.