Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant George MacPhee was shot and killed while attempting to arrest several subjects that he caught breaking into a store at 1 Braddock Avenue.
He had responded to the store after receiving word that it was being burglarized. As he walked up to the rear of the store he observed several subjects attempting to go through a window. He ordered them to stop and then began struggling with one of them after chasing him a short distance. During the struggle the man produced a revolver and fatally shot him four times. A borough councilman who had accompanied him witnessed the shooting. The subjects fled the area and were believed to have boarded a passing train to escape. One subject was apprehended several weeks later and charged with Sergeant MacPhee's murder. The murder charge was later dismissed due to insufficient evidence.
Sergeant MacPhee had been shot in the line of duty six months earlier.
Sergeant MacPhee was a U.S. Army veteran of WWI.
Thank you for your service, military as well as police, and please know that no passage of time can ever erase your sacrifice.
Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo Delaware State Police (Retired) April 9th, 2021
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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.
Sergeant MacPhee served with the Rankin Borough Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Rankin community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Military Service
George L. MacPhee served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
Sergeant George L. MacPhee is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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 47.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. George L. MacPhee's cause is highlighted.
How George L. MacPhee Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. George L. MacPhee is highlighted in Apr.
Weapons Used Against Officers
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Military Service
George L. MacPhee served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
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