Coleman Regis McDonough
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Patrolman

Coleman Regis McDonough

Pittsburgh Bureau of Police — Pittsburgh, PA
Veteran → Felonious
End of Watch July 5, 1965
Age 49
Tour of Duty 15 yrs 4 mo
Badge 405
Gender Male

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

Type Federal Agency
Location Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
Platform Identity pittpd.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 5, 1965
Tour of Duty 15 yrs 4 mo
Age 49
Badge Number 405
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Rifle

Military Service

Coleman Regis McDonough served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Coleman is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

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.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

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.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

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.

Every cause
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His people

Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has 101 officers remembered here, Coleman among them.

Across the years
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Where

Patrolman Coleman Regis McDonough

Pittsburgh Bureau of Police · End of Watch July 5, 1965

Military Service

Coleman Regis McDonough served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

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