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Richard Mcevoy

Case from East Brookfield, MA dated Sep 14, 1971

Victim Details

Richard Mcevoy

Male

White / Caucasian

East Brookfield

MA

1971-09-14

37

Richard

Mcevoy

07/25/2026

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On a Tuesday in East Brookfield, Massachusetts, the life of 37-year-old Richard McEvoy, a White/Caucasian male, was irrevocably altered. It was September 14, 1971, and McEvoy, a patrolman with the Spencer Police Department, was responding to a report of a suspicious man at a gas station on East Main Street. Alongside the police chief, he confronted the individual, unaware of the violence that was about to erupt.

The suspect, an escapee from a state mental hospital, opened fire, striking b ...
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