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Proper headstone finally erected in honour of Cavan native

Oct 2, 2021 12:29 By News Northern Sound
Proper headstone finally erected in honour of Cavan native
Photo with thanks to Commissioner Shea on Twitter
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The headstone was erected in his honour during the week.

A Cavan native beaten to death as an NYPD officer has finally received a proper headstone.

John P. Flood, was beaten to death in the line of duty, on July 3, 1917 at an Upper East Side tenement after defending a woman from her boyfriend.

Flood was only 37 and the family could not afford to give him a headstone at the time.

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This was rectified last week at a ceremony attended by NYPD members and Flood's surviving granddaughter where a proper headstone was erected in his honour.

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