Daniel Shea

Yonkers Police Department — Yonkers, NY

Felonious

End of Watch April 6, 1926

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 19

Incident

Lieutenant Daniel Shea succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained almost 13 years earlier while attempting to apprehend a burglary suspect at 63 Hawthorne Avenue.

A neighbor called him at home on July 9th, 1913, to inform him that she had observed two suspicious men enter a home across the street from their houses. Lieutenant Shea's niece also observed the men and asked him to investigate. Knowing the homeowners were on vacation, Lieutenant Shea checked the perimeter of the home and discovered that the rear door and been forced open.

He returned home and called the local police precinct to report the incident. As he hung up his niece informed him that two men were exiting the house. He picked up his billy club and approached one of the men, who had jumped a fence into another yard. The man suddenly produced a revolver and shot him in the chest. Despite being wounded, Lieutenant Shea chased him a short distance until the injury prevented him from going any further.

His niece and several citizens chased the man for several blocks until he was apprehended by a motor officer. The man plead guilty of two charges and was sentenced to 27 years in prison. His accomplice was never captured.

Lieutenant Shea never fully recovered and remained on desk duty for the remainder of his career. He died on April 6th, 1926, as a direct result of the gunshot wound sustained in 1913.

Lt. Shea, rest in peace. Perhaps you are related to the Shea family who the stadium was named for.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis April 5th, 2020

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant Shea served with the Yonkers Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Yonkers community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Shea.

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

Agency

Department Yonkers Police Department

Location Yonkers, NY

Platform Identity ypd.westchester.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 6, 1926

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .38 caliber

Offender Sentenced to 27 years

Lieutenant Daniel Shea 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 NY, 754 of 2,147 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 35.1% of this state's fallen. That is 19.1 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Yonkers Police Department, 3 of 20 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 15% of this agency's fallen.

Yonkers Police Department

of 20 officers

15% Felonious

NY — Statewide

754

of 2,147 officers

35.1% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious