Samuel Alan Victor Caskey
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Roll of Honour Citation
Died from his wounds after being shot while on foot patrol in Londonderry’s Diamond Area.
Roll of Honour Citation
Died from his wounds after being shot while on foot patrol in Londonderry’s Diamond Area.
Circumstances
Alan Caskey, 21-year-old Protestant, single and an RUC police officer was from Station Road, Desertmartin and was in the RUC for only 8 months. Const. Caskey was on patrol in Londonderry's Diamond area. As Const. Caskey and a policewoman were walking along the street, a hijacked van pulled up alongside them and a gunman opened fire on them. The woman police officer was hit in the back and leg. She desccribed the incident at the Febrary 1983 inquest that she thought the van driver was looking for direction. She said as they were walking, the cab window opened and then the side door opened and she saw a hooded gunman in the croutching position. She said she shouted to Const. Maskey and then turned to look for cover when she heard 3 or 4 shots. She said she felt extreme pressure in her back and a burning sensation in the right calf. Const. Caskey died from his wounds. He joined the RUC in October 1981 and was stationed in Londonderry for 3 months.
Constable Caskey died from his wounds after being shot while on foot patrol with a female officer in Londonderry’s Diamond Area, when a gunman opened fire on them from a hijacked van that pulled up alongside them.
The female officer was hit in the back and leg. At the inquest in February 1983, she stated that as the cab window opened she thought the van driver was looking for directions but then the side door opened and she saw a hooded gunman in the crouching position.
She shouted to Constable Caskey and then turned to look for cover when she heard three or four shots and felt extreme pressure in her back and a burning sensation in her right calf.
