Police Constable. Killed in line of duty - gunfire.∼A police officer shot while on duty. On patrol in Stafford Street, Timaru at night, his partner spotted a light in a store that looked suspicious. While the partner went to the store-owner's house nearby to get a key, Dorgan kept guard. During this absence the burglar came out of the store, Con Dorgan sought to apprehend him but was shot and the burglar escaped. The murderer was never caught.
In the ten months leading up to his killing, Con Dorgan had been involved in three major firearm incidents: in the first he took a shooting victim (Clarence Wagstaff) to hospital; he then arrested a shooter at the wharves; then he became the victim.
He had been in the Police for nine years, and seven of these were spent in Timaru. He left behind a wife and three children.
In the ten months leading up to his killing, Con Dorgan had been involved in three major firearm incidents: in the first he took a shooting victim (Clarence Wagstaff) to hospital; he then arrested a shooter at the wharves; then he became the victim.
He had been in the Police for nine years, and seven of these were spent in Timaru. He left behind a wife and three children.
Police Constable. Killed in line of duty - gunfire.∼A police officer shot while on duty. On patrol in Stafford Street, Timaru at night, his partner spotted a light in a store that looked suspicious. While the partner went to the store-owner's house nearby to get a key, Dorgan kept guard. During this absence the burglar came out of the store, Con Dorgan sought to apprehend him but was shot and the burglar escaped. The murderer was never caught.
In the ten months leading up to his killing, Con Dorgan had been involved in three major firearm incidents: in the first he took a shooting victim (Clarence Wagstaff) to hospital; he then arrested a shooter at the wharves; then he became the victim.
He had been in the Police for nine years, and seven of these were spent in Timaru. He left behind a wife and three children.
In the ten months leading up to his killing, Con Dorgan had been involved in three major firearm incidents: in the first he took a shooting victim (Clarence Wagstaff) to hospital; he then arrested a shooter at the wharves; then he became the victim.
He had been in the Police for nine years, and seven of these were spent in Timaru. He left behind a wife and three children.
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