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Patrolman

Eugene Stinchcomb

Cleveland Division of Police — Cleveland, OH

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch May 12, 1952

Age 58

Tour of Duty 29 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Patrolman Gene Stinchcomb was shot and killed with his own service weapon when he responded to a disturbance on a city bus on Euclid Avenue and 105th Street in Cleveland. The 20-year-old man set a woman's hair on fire with a cigarette. When Patrolman Stinchcomb approached the subject, the man grabbed his service weapon and opened fire, killing him, the 24-year-old complainant, and two other passengers, 50 and 60. The subject was then taken into custody by an off-duty officer who ran onto the bus. Other passengers had almost beat the suspect to death. The man was committed to a state hospital, where he died in 1993. Patrolman Stinchcomb had served with the Cleveland Division of Police for 29 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and son.

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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.
Patrolman Stinchcomb gave the Cleveland Division of Police 29 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cleveland 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 Cleveland Division of Police

Type Other

Location Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Platform Identity cdpd.cuyahoga.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 12, 1952

Tour of Duty 29 yrs

Age 58

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Officer's handgun

Military Service

Eugene Stinchcomb served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Eugene 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 1952, 71 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 100th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Eugene was 58. 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. Eugene had served 29 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

May holds 8% 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 officer's handgun, in 5.8% of these deaths.

Every cause

Weapons recorded