Detective Urmson Leroy Strayer, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police

Detective Urmson Leroy Strayer

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police

End of Watch Friday, July 8, 1927

Urmson Leroy Strayer

Detective Urmson Strayer was shot and killed after he and another detective caught a subject trespassing inside of a railroad engine in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yards in New Castle Junction, Pennsylvania.

The detectives ordered the subject off of the engine and to leave the railroad yards. After the man climbed off of the engine he pulled out a handgun and shot Detective Strayer. The man then jumped aboard an outgoing freight train headed to Ohio.

A suspect matching the description of Detective Strayer's murdered was arrested several days later in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

Detective Strayer was survived by his wife, 7-year-old daughter, and mother. He was buried in Oak Park Cemetery in New Castle, Pennsylvania.

Bio

Age 28
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Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Location Pennsylvania
Weapon Handgun
Offender Arrested

trespasser

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Two reflections are not enough to honor a man who gave his life in the pursuit of his duties. Today I honor Detective Strayer, who may rest in the knowledge that he is remembered today.

Stan Jefferson
Citizen of Arizona

July 8, 2017