Memorial Service Held for 20th Anniversary of Killing of Aliquippa Police Officer James Niam

(Aliquippa, Pa.) A memorial service was held at noon Monday, March 15, 2021, in remembrance of slain Aliquippa Police Officer James Naim.  He was on patrol in Linmar near a police sub station on the evening March 15, 2001 when someone approached him and shot him in the head four times from behind. The 20 year anniversary of his death  brought law enforcement from  the area to the  Aliquippa  Police Department.  The memorial service was conducted by Police Chaplain Reverend Stephen McKeown.

Richard Manning,  a bagpiper from the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Department  played TAPS S  and other appropriate music for the memorial service hosted by Aliquippa Police.