08/03/05 AP:
New York police officer killed in Iraq
Staff Sgt. James McNaughton, 27, a New York City police officer serving in the Army Reserve was shot and killed by a sniper while guarding prisoners at a camp in Iraq, city officials said Wednesday.
Staff Sgt. James McNaughton, 27, is the first member of the police force to be killed in action in Iraq, the department said. He died Tuesday at a place called Camp Victory, outside Baghdad.
McNaughton joined the NYPD in July 2001 and was assigned to the transit bureau. His father is a retired New York police officer and his stepmother is an officer in the transit bureau.
He was deployed to Iraq with the 306th Military Police Battalion of the 77th U.S. Army Regional Readiness Command, based at Fort Totten in Queens.