DANIEL FRANCIS MCCREA
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Officer Rank: Detective
Memorial Panel: 26-E: 31
Department: Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad, P.D.
End of Watch: June 24, 1908
Cause: SHOT
Age: 22
Years of Service: 6
Description: Detective McCrea was shot at the railyard in Buffalo, New York, by several vagrants who had hitched a ride on the train. Detective McCrea was shot in the head as he climbed the ladder to reach the top of the railcar. Detective McCrea died of his injuries four days later. His assailant escaped.
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