Incident
Patrolman Coleman McDonough was shot and killed when he and other officers responded to a home on Chatsworth Street in which a father was involved in an argument between his daughter and her boyfriend. As the officers entered the home the suspect opened fire with a .22 caliber rifle, striking Patrolman McDonough six times. Two other officers were also wounded. The suspect fled the scene but later committed suicide in a nearby field. Patrolman McDonough was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and had served with the Pittsburgh Police Department for 15 years. He had previously played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Cardinals in the National Football League. One of his sons went on to serve with the Pennsylvania State Police and later became chief of the Mount Lebanon Police Department.
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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman McDonough gave the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police 15 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Coleman Regis McDonough served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
The Sacrifice · Felonious
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has lost 101 officers; 45 of them killed feloniously.
Coleman is one of 598 officers killed feloniously in PA, 47.4% of the 1,262 remembered there.
Coleman is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.
Coleman is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously worldwide, 51.7% of the 34,103 remembered here.
34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1965, 1 officer at Pittsburgh Bureau of Police was killed feloniously, the 5th heaviest of 40 years on record. The heaviest was 2009, with 3.
In 1965, 2 officers in PA were killed feloniously, the 85th heaviest of 152 years on record. The heaviest was 1918, with 16.
In 1965, 78 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 89th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.
In 1965, 80 officers worldwide were killed feloniously, the 91st heaviest of 265 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 516.
Who
Coleman was 49. Of the 45 killed feloniously at Pittsburgh Bureau of Police whose age is recorded, half were between 30 and 42; the middle age was 36. Coleman had served 15.3 years; the middle length of service was 8.9 years.
Coleman was 49. Of the 585 killed feloniously in PA whose age is recorded, half were between 30 and 46; the middle age was 37. Coleman had served 15.3 years; the middle length of service was 7 years.
Coleman was 49. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Coleman had served 15.3 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.
Coleman was 49. Of the 15,853 killed feloniously worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 30 and 46; the middle age was 38. Coleman had served 15.3 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.
When
July holds 17.8% of these deaths at Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, more than any other month. Mondays: 13.3%.
July holds 8% of these deaths in PA; September holds the most, 10.5%. Mondays: 14.5%.
July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.
July holds 9% of these deaths worldwide; December holds the most, 9.2%. Mondays: 13.8%.
How
Felonious deaths account for 44.6% of all 101 deaths at Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was rifle, in 2.2% of these deaths.
Felonious deaths account for 47.4% of all 1,262 deaths in PA, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was rifle, in 4.3% of these deaths.
Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was rifle, in 5.9% of these deaths.
Felonious deaths account for 51.7% of all 34,103 deaths worldwide, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was rifle, in 5.3% of these deaths.
His people
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has 101 officers remembered here, Coleman among them.
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Daniel McMullen Dec 18, 1869
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Isaac Jones Sep 23, 1871
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John Stack Apr 24, 1872
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John A. Weimar Aug 24, 1874
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James L. Stokely Jun 8, 1877
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Thomas Lyons Jul 16, 1878
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Edward O'Dwyer Jul 5, 1881
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John F. Evans Aug 6, 1885
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George H. Woods Sep 6, 1886
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Thomas Chidlow
May 24, 1888
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Thomas Freeborn Apr 10, 1894
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Patrick F. Doyle Aug 8, 1895
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John Alexander Berry
Feb 9, 1898
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Charles Metzgar May 11, 1898
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William Scanlon
Jul 8, 1898
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David W. Lewis
Aug 7, 1900
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Andrew Harper Sep 2, 1900
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Patrick Edward Fitzgerald
Apr 12, 1901
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James H. Sheehy May 18, 1902
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John Graham Kelty
Jan 11, 1903
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Andrew J. Kelly Oct 4, 1903
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Casper Mayer Apr 1, 1904
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Albert M. Teeters
Oct 22, 1904
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George Mason Cochran Nov 13, 1904
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James Farrell Oct 23, 1908
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John J. McDonough
Sep 29, 1913
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Michael Grab
Mar 3, 1914
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George H. Shearer
May 12, 1914
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Edgar Matthew Hyland May 26, 1917
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Charles LeRoy Edinger
Jun 6, 1917
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Thomas Patrick Farrell
Mar 2, 1918
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Alexander Rodgers McCloskey
Oct 24, 1918
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Thomas Francis McVerry
Oct 26, 1918
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Robert Sinclair
Nov 18, 1918
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John Dallas Richey Dec 22, 1918
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James Ambrose McCormick Dec 24, 1918
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Charles Bingler Morrison Dec 27, 1918
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Ralph Thomas Harper Jan 16, 1919
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James Aloysius Dorsey Mar 22, 1919
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John Henry Schneider May 20, 1919
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George Hofmann Oct 30, 1919
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Peter K. Tsorvas
Nov 2, 1920
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William J. Johnston
May 2, 1921
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Edward George Couch
Oct 30, 1922
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Daniel John Conley
Dec 30, 1922
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Casper Thomas Schmotzer
Jan 23, 1923
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John Joseph Rudolph
Apr 3, 1923
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Joseph Jovanovic
Jul 7, 1924
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Joseph Leo Riley
Aug 3, 1924
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Robert John Galloway
Aug 26, 1924
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Samuel R. McGreevy Oct 9, 1924
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Albert Bert Burris
Jun 30, 1925
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Charles Lewis Cooper, Jr.
Aug 17, 1925
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James F. Farrell
Jul 6, 1927
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William P. Johnson Oct 23, 1927
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Ralph P. Gentile
Nov 1, 1928
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John Joseph Schemm
Dec 21, 1928
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James J. McVerry
Mar 15, 1929
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Stephen Janeda
Jul 15, 1929
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James Edward Hughes
Dec 27, 1929
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Orrie N. Murray
Jun 25, 1930
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Anthony E. Rahe
Aug 7, 1930
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Joseph John Beran
Jan 28, 1931
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George J. Sallade
Oct 5, 1933
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Roy William Freiss
Feb 3, 1935
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Robert Leo Kosmal
Aug 17, 1935
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Albert Leander Jacks
Apr 17, 1936
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Charles M. Snyder
Jan 25, 1937
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George A. Kelley
Feb 12, 1937
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John J. Scanlon Aug 21, 1937
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Edward M. Conway
Jun 27, 1939
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Tobias J. Brown
Aug 23, 1941
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Arthur Andrew MacDonald
Mar 16, 1945
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Louis G. Spencer
Dec 24, 1946
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William J. Lavery
Aug 5, 1947
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William Ross Ewing
Feb 7, 1953
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Edward Vincent Tierney, Jr.
Jul 28, 1953
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William H. Heagy
Mar 25, 1954
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John George Gillespie
Jan 25, 1955
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James R. Kelly
Jun 3, 1955
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James V. Timpona
Oct 16, 1958
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Anthony John Notaro
Jul 22, 1964
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Coleman Regis McDonough
Jul 5, 1965
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Joseph Francis Gaetano
Jun 10, 1966
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James Edward Graff
Feb 23, 1968
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John Leslie Scott
Oct 14, 1970
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William J. Otis
Mar 3, 1971
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Patrick J. Wallace, Jr.
Jul 3, 1974
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David Allen Barr
May 3, 1983
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Norman Alexander Stewart
Sep 16, 1983
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James Thomas Blair
Nov 26, 1990
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Joseph John Grill
Mar 6, 1991
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Thomas Lawrence Herron
Mar 6, 1991
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James Henry Taylor, Jr.
Sep 22, 1995
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Paul John Rizzo Domenic Sciullo, II
Apr 4, 2009
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Stephen James Mayhle
Apr 4, 2009
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Eric Guy Kelly
Apr 4, 2009
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Calvin Maurice Hall
Jul 17, 2019
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Brian L. Rowland
Sep 26, 2021
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Richard Charles Howe
Oct 21, 2021
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Timothy Earl Werner
Nov 2, 2021
Where
Military Service
Coleman Regis McDonough served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
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