Timothy Murphy
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Sergeant

Timothy Murphy

Felonious
End of Watch September 14, 1931
Age 48
Tour of Duty 24 yrs
Badge 511
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Murphy was shot and killed by four youths robbing a restaurant on 13th Street in Greenwich Village. Sergeant Murphy rushed into the restaurant after hearing a woman scream. The youths opened fire hitting Sergeant Murphy several times and as they made their escape shot another officer twice in the shoulder. In November of 1938, all four suspects were apprehended after a member of their gang, serving a life sentence for several robberies, informed on them. All four were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. Two had their sentences commuted to life. One was pardoned in 1970, and the other was eventually paroled. The other two were retried and convicted of manslaughter. One was sentenced to 5 to 10 years, and the other was sentenced to 7 to 15 years in prison. One of the suspects, convicted of manslaughter, became a member of the Genovese crime family after he was released from prison. In 1965 he vanished after he underbid the Gambino crime family for a trash removal contract with the Ford Motor Company in Mahwah, New Jersey. Sergeant Murphy was assigned to the 8th Precinct.

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24 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Murphy gave the New York City Police Department 24 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Murphy.

— 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 September 14, 1931
Tour of Duty 24 yrs
Age 48
Badge Number 511
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Timothy 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 1931, 221 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 5th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Timothy was 48. 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. Timothy had served 24 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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, Timothy among them.

Across the years
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Where

Sergeant Timothy Murphy

New York City Police Department · End of Watch September 14, 1931

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 4-E

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