Deputy Sheriff Lawrence H. McParlin

Lawrence H. McParlin

Deputy Sheriff Lawrence McParlin and Officer John Conrad, of the Metropolitan Police Department, DC, were shot and killed while attempting to serve a South Carolina murder warrant on a suspect at 76 I Street, NW.

After shooting the two officers, the suspect fled to 1500 Carrollburg Place, SW, where he was confronted by Lieutenant David Dunigan, also of the Metropolitan Police Department. During the ensuing shootout, Lieutenant Dunigan was also fatally wounded and the suspect was wounded.

The suspect escaped but was recaptured and hanged on January 22, 1925 in a Washington, DC jail. Before execution, the suspect claimed to have committed 12 murders.

Deputy McParlin, a U.S. Navy veteran, was survived by his wife, daughter, father, three brothers and two sisters. He is buried at Hartland Central Cemetery in Hartland, New York.