Policeman Walter McPeak, Johnson City Police Department, Tennessee

Policeman Walter McPeak

Johnson City Police Department, Tennessee

End of Watch Thursday, June 23, 1910

Walter McPeak

Policeman Walter McPeak was stabbed to death by a 17 year-old youth he was attempting to arrest for public drunkenness.

The suspect was executed for a subsequent murder on February 17, 1922. He had served nine years in prison for killing Officer McPeak and was then paroled. On July 17, 1921 he shot a man in that person's home and was convicted of the second murder on December 23, 1921 and pronounced a recidivist killer.

Policeman McPeak had previously served in the Spanish American War in the Phillipines and was survived by is wife and son.

Bio

Age 28
Tour Not available
Badge Not available
Military Veteran

Incident Details

Cause Stabbed
Weapon Edged weapon; Knife
Offender Not available

Most Recent Reflection

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Time may have passed but you are not forgotten. I believe as long as someone remembers you or speaks your name, you are still with us.
Thank you for your heroism.
GOD Bless

Detention Officer A.Zambito
Texas

June 23, 2015