Garry Owen Mullen
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Garry Owen Mullen

New Orleans Police Department — New Orleans, LA
Accident
End of Watch August 2, 1917
Age 44
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Gender Male

Incident

Captain Garry Mullen and Superintendent James Reynolds were shot and killed by another policeman who had been disciplined and suspended from the force several times. The officer was waiting in the superintendent's office when he suddenly jumped up and started firing his revolver, killing Superintendent Reynolds. The suspect, who was Captain Mullen's cousin, then yelled that Captain Mullen had shot the chief. As Captain Mullen ran up the stairs towards the commotion, he encountered another officer who shot him. The officer who killed Superintendent Reynolds was eventually subdued and committed to the East Louisiana Hospital for the Insane where he later died.

Survivors

Captain Mullen was survived by his wife and four daughters.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
Platform Identity nopd.orleans.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 2, 1917
Age 44
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Garry is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1917, 41 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 107th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

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Who

Garry was 44. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36.

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When

August holds 9.5% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Thursdays: 14%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

New Orleans Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Garry among them.

Across the years

Captain Garry Owen Mullen

New Orleans Police Department · End of Watch August 2, 1917

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 47-W

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