Roll of Honor
Denver Braden Pore
Incident
Chief of Police Denver Pore was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man who was firing a pistol in the air outside of a bar near the intersection of Main Street and Eagle Street.
Chief Pore observed two men exit a bar and then watched as one of them fired a shot into the air. Chief Pore crossed the street and attempted to arrest the man but was shot twice in the abdomen. He was transported to a local hospital where he died two days later. The 22-year-old suspect was never apprehended.
Chief Pore was survived by his wife and two daughters.
Survivors
Chief Pore was survived by his wife and two daughters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief of Police Pore served with the Mount Pleasant Borough Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Mount Pleasant community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Pore.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Denver Braden Pore is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In PA, 597 of 1,261 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.3% of this state's fallen. That is 6.9 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Denver Braden Pore's cause is highlighted.
How Denver Braden Pore Compares
Offender Outcome
At large
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Denver Braden Pore is highlighted in Apr.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Denver Braden Pore was killed by handgun.