Edward McConnell

Asheville Police Dept. — Asheville, NC

Felonious

End of Watch July 7, 1911

Age 33

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 8

Incident

Officer Edward McConnell succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained four days earlier at the intersection of South Main Street (modern-day Hendersonville Road) and McDowell Street while transporting a prisoner. The man had been arrested for stealing two cows from Hendersonville. A citizen was driving Officer McConnell and the prisoner to the jail when the prisoner suddenly pulled out a gun and shot Officer McConnell. On November 4, 1912, the suspect was captured in Atlanta, Georgia, by the Anderson County sheriff and a Fulton County deputy. He was returned to Asheville where he was charged with first-degree murder and placed in the Buncombe County Jail. He was later tried and acquitted of Officer McConnell's murder. Officer McConnell had served with the Asheville Police Department for four years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer McConnell gave the Asheville Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Asheville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer McConnell.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Asheville Police Dept.

Location Asheville, NC

Platform Identity apd.buncombe.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 7, 1911

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 33

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Offender Acquitted

Officer Edward McConnell 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 NC, 385 of 664 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 58% of this state's fallen. That is 3.8 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Asheville Police Dept., 5 of 9 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 55.6% of this agency's fallen.

Asheville Police Dept.

of 9 officers

55.6% Felonious

NC — Statewide

385

of 664 officers

58% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious