MICHAEL A MCGINLEY JR

Officer Rank: Constable
Memorial Panel: 10-E: 26
Department: Altoona, Pennsylvania, P.D.
End of Watch: October 13, 1915
Cause: SHOT
Age: 49
Years of Service: 18
Description: Constable McGinley was shot nine times as he searched for two suspects who were involved in a robbery that had occurred the day before. The suspects lay in wait as Constable McGinley approached and opened fire as he came within a few feet of them. They robbed him of his revolver and wallet and hid his body in the woods where it was found by fellow officers later that day.
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