Proper headstone finally erected in honour of Cavan native

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.

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.