Chester A. Hagan
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Detective

Chester A. Hagan

Felonious
End of Watch February 14, 1925
Age 40
Badge 4169
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Gender Male

Incident

Detective Chester Hagan was shot and killed when he and his partner approached three men they believed were carrying weapons in the area of 167th Street and Vyse Avenue. As the detectives began to question the men one of them dropped a blackjack. When Detective Hagan bent down to pick it up the man drew a pistol and shot him twice, killing him. All three men were arrested. The suspect who shot Detective Hagan was sentenced to death and executed by electric chair on February 4, 1926.

Survivors

Detective Hagan was survived by his wife and daughter.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Hagan served with the New York City Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Hagan.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New York, NY
Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 14, 1925
Age 40
Badge Number 4169
Gender Male
Assignment Detective Division

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Chester is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1925, 208 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 11th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Chester was 40. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

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

February holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

New York City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Chester among them.

Across the years
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Where

Detective Chester A. Hagan

New York City Police Department · End of Watch February 14, 1925

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 5-W

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