Chief of Detectives John Donahue

John Donahue

Chief of Detectives John Donahue was shot and killed by a man he attempted to arrest for assaulting a woman with an axe.

As Detective Donahue approached the man on a local street, the suspect drew a revolver and shot him in the head, killing him instantly. As the suspect attempted to escape a 16 year-old boy shot him in the face with a shotgun. As he lay in the street writhing in pain he shot himself in the head.