Patrolman John E. Creedon, a 30-year-old male officer with the Utica Police Department, succumbed to a gunshot wound on February 18, 1909. The fatal injury was sustained a week earlier while he was on his beat. Creedon interrupted a burglary in progress at a sporting goods store on Blandina Street. Despite being mortally wounded, he managed to walk several blocks back to the police station to alert his fellow officers about the incident.
From the police station, Patrolman Creedon was tran
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