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Edward F. Nugent
Police Officer

Edward F. Nugent

Kansas City Police Department — Kansas City, KS
Felonious
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End of Watch August 2, 1943
Age 39
Tour of Duty 3 mo
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 19

Incident

Officer Edward Nugent was shot and killed after arresting an attempted rape suspect. Officer Nugent was on his way home when he was stopped by a woman at Seventh Street and Washington Boulevard who reported that while she was waiting for a bus, a suspect ordered her into an alley. A car passed by, and the suspect told her he would shoot her if she cried out. She went as far as the entrance to the alley but then ran into the middle of the street as Officer Nugent happened by. After determining why she had run out into the street, he drove the young woman around looking for the suspect. They drove about the vicinity for several minutes before she pointed out a man walking on Seventh Street just south of Washington. She said the officer got out and searched the man. He then flagged the motor car of a passerby and asked for some help in taking the suspect to headquarters, and a passenger in the car volunteered. Officer Nugent searched the man again before placing him in the rear seat on the driver's side of the car. The volunteer got in beside him. The officer took the wheel, and the woman sat beside him. The man sat with his hands on the back of the front seat, and then he produced a revolver with a 2-inch barrel and fired once from within a foot of the officer's head. The volunteer reached over and seized both the man's hands, pulled them down between his legs, and wrested away the weapon. By that time, the car had gone over the curbing into a parking lot and was stopped within a few feet of the display window of Meyer's Creamery store at 1120 North Seventh. The suspect escaped through a car window, leaving his nickel-plated revolver and a felt hat on the floor. Police could find no fingerprints on the weapon, which could be used as identification. Forty minutes after the shooting, a man was picked up at Seventh Street and Everett Avenue, two blocks from the scene of the shooting, by three detectives and the sheriff. Paraffin tests made of his hands reportedly showed

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Nugent served with the Kansas City Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Kansas City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Nugent.

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

Agency

Department Kansas City Police Department
Type Other
Location Kansas City, Wyandotte County, KS
Platform Identity kpd.wyandotte.ks.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 2, 1943
Tour of Duty 3 mo
Age 39
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Edward is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1943, 66 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 109th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Edward was 39. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Edward had served 0.2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

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His people

Kansas City Police Department has 20 officers remembered here, Edward among them.

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Where

Police Officer Edward F. Nugent

Kansas City Police Department · End of Watch August 2, 1943

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 36-E

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