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Dennis Joseph Mcnamara

Case from Upper-darby, PA dated Jan 30, 2002

Victim Details

Dennis Joseph Mcnamara

Male

White / Caucasian

Upper-darby

PA

2002-01-30

43

Dennis

Joseph Mcnamara

07/03/2026

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On January 30, 2002, Dennis Joseph McNamara, a 43-year-old male police officer of Irish-American ethnicity, was shot and killed while investigating a suspicious vehicle in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. Officer McNamara, who was a veteran of the Upper Darby Township Police Department and a U.S. Army Reserve sergeant, was fatally shot in the head by a handgun by a member of a motorcycle gang. The suspect, identified as Thomas James Campbell, fled the scene but was later arrested following a car chase ...
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