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Joseph Mcgarry

Case from Myrtle-beach, SC dated Dec 29, 2002

Victim Details

Joseph John Mcgarry

Male

White / Caucasian

Myrtle-beach

SC

2002-12-29

28

Joseph

Mcgarry

06/22/2026

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In the early hours of December 29, 2002, a male Myrtle Beach police officer, 28-year-old Joseph John 'Joe' McGarry, was shot and killed in the line of duty. The incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. in the parking lot of a Dunkin' Donuts on North Kings Highway. McGarry, a four-year veteran of the police force and a member of the Street Crimes Unit, was with his partner, Mike Guthinger, when they recognized a man inside the restaurant as a suspect in a homicide that had taken place a month earlier. ...
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