WALTER PATRICK MCCARTHY
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Officer Rank: Detective
Memorial Panel: 20-E: 30
Department: Cook County Sheriff's, Illinois, P.D.
End of Watch: December 2, 1967
Cause: SHOT
Age: 59
Years of Service: 29
Description: Detective McCarthy was accidentally shot when his service revolver discharged as he was exiting his patrol vehicle in front of headquarters. Detective McCarthy was shot in the head and was transported to the hospital where he died. The coroner classified the death as accidental.
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