SAMUEL NEEL MCDERMOTT

Officer Rank: Detective Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 16-E: 11
Department: Little Rock, Arkansas, P.D.
End of Watch: September 3, 1930
Cause: SHOT
Age: 31
Years of Service: 2
Description: Detective McDermott was shot behind the National Cemetery while attempting to apprehend two prisoners who had escaped from the Pulaski County jail. Detective McDermott died 10 days later of his injuries. The suspects were captured and charged with first degree murder.
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