New York City Police Department, New York
End of Watch: Tuesday, June 6, 1939
Age: 33
Tour of Duty: 9 years
Badge Number: 492
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: May 31, 1939
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Acquitted
Patrolman Cassidy succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained one week earlier when he was shot while intervening in a crime on Jersey Street, in New Brighton, while off duty. The woman who shot him was tried and acquitted.
Patrolman Cassidy had been with the agency for nine years and was assigned to the 120th Precinct. He was survived by his 6-year-old son.