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Martin Joseph Greiner
Police Officer

Martin Joseph Greiner

Baltimore Police Department — Baltimore, MD
Felonious
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End of Watch December 10, 1974
Age 25
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
The Vigil Panel 114 ›
Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Keepsakes Department 150

Incident

Police Officer Martin Greiner was shot and mortally wounded as he investigated a complaint of a man discharging a firearm at the corner of Huntingdon Avenue and 27th Street on November 30, 1974, at 2:03 a.m. As he stepped out of his cruiser, the man shot him twice in the stomach. Other officers arriving on the scene arrested the suspect. Later, as two officers were guarding the suspect, he grabbed one's gun and shot the other. The officer returned fire, hitting the suspect twice. Officer Greiner was transported to Union Memorial Hospital, where he slipped into a coma and died ten days later. The suspect had been charged with shooting at another officer in 1972. On May 22, 1975, the suspect, 27, was convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder and sentenced to life plus 18 years. Officer Greiner had served with the Baltimore City Police Department for two years.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother, sister, and grandmother.

In Our Keeping

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Greiner gave the Baltimore City Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Greiner.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Baltimore Police Department
Type Other
Location Baltimore, MD
Platform Identity baltpd.baltimore.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 10, 1974
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Martin is one of 15,741 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.2% of the 27,543 remembered there.

33,910 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1974, 162 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 22nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Martin was 25. Of the 14,215 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Martin had served 2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.2% of all 27,543 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

Baltimore Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Martin among them.

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Where

Police Officer Martin Joseph Greiner

Baltimore Police Department · End of Watch December 10, 1974

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 20-W

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