Lieutenant Edward T. Murphy

Edward T. Murphy

Lieutenant Edward T. Murphy and Patrolman Eugene Keegan were shot at killed at 131 E 35th Street during the arrest of an armed assailant while conducting a murder investigation.

The officers went to the apartment of the suspect who had just murdered two employees of a packing plant. Upon arrival, the offender resisted and fired a barrage of bullets. Both Lieutenant Murphy and Patrolman Kegan sustained fatal wounds.

The assailant was shot and killed by other officers.

Lieutenant Murphy is survived by his wife and daughter.