Denver Braden Pore, a 25-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, served as the Chief of Police for Mount Pleasant Borough, Pennsylvania. On April 5, 1906, Pore was fatally shot while attempting to arrest Andrew Lindsay Jr., a 22-year-old man who was reportedly intoxicated and firing a pistol indiscriminately around town. Pore succumbed to his injuries two days later, on April 7, 1906.
The incident began when Pore, in his official capacity as a police officer, tried to apprehend Lindsay, who
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