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58 McGinn

Joseph P. McGinn

Detective

End of Watch: 1920

Unit: Patrol

Detectives McGinn, assigned to the 2nd District, was on a raid with fellow officers, of a gambling house at 816 Passyunk Avenue. The game was being robbed by ten gunmen at the time of the raid, and Detective McGinn was shot and killed by one of the offenders. He was 46 years-old and served with the Department for 21 years.

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