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Police Officer

Bryan J. Moschea

Milwaukee Police Department — Milwaukee, WI

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch July 31, 1967

Age 24

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 9 mo

Badge 632

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Gender Male

Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Military Memorials 1 Also Remembered Department 68

Incident

Officer Bryan Moschea was shot and killed during a standoff with a suspect who opened fire on other officers. Four officers had initially responded to a shots fired call at the home and were shot at and wounded when they arrived on the scene. As other officers arrived they stormed the house. The entry team was fired upon and three officers, including Officer Moschea, were shot. Officer Moschea was unable to exit the house and remained inside during the standoff. Backup officers fired tear gas into the house, sparking a fire which caused the house to burn to the ground. The bodies of Officer Moschea, the suspect, and an elderly woman were found in the ashes the next day. Officer Moschea had been with the agency for nearly two years.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother and father, who was a responding firefighter at the scene.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Moschea gave the Milwaukee Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Milwaukee community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Milwaukee Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Platform Identity mpd.milwaukee.wi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 31, 1967

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 9 mo

Age 24

Badge Number 632

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

Bryan J. Moschea served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Bryan is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

Compare against

Time

In 1967, 105 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 48th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Bryan was 24. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Bryan had served 1.7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death

Where he stood among them

Age by years of service

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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

By month

By day of the week

How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause

Weapons recorded