Roll of Honor
Incident
Location: Ohio Weapon: Handgun; Revolver Offender: At large
Detective Alfred Knight was shot and killed in while checking boxcars of an incoming train in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yards north of Dayton, Ohio.
The train was passing through Dayton while en route from Cincinnati to Detroit, Michigan. Detective Knight and another detective discovered three men riding in one of the boxcars and ordered them out of the train. As the men exited one of them opened fire, killing Detective Knight and wounding the other detective. Despite the wound, the other detective returned fire as the three men fled.
During the next several months several suspects were questioned but there was never enough evidence to support charges.
Detective Knight was survived by his wife. He is buried in Memorial Park Cemtery, Dayton, Ohio.
Survivors
Detective Knight was survived by his wife.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Knight served with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Knight.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Alfred Knight is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In MD, 195 of 377 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 51.7% of this state's fallen. That is 51.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Police Department, 13 of 22 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Alfred Knight's cause is highlighted.
How Alfred Knight Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Alfred Knight is highlighted in Sep.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Alfred Knight was killed by handgun; revolver.
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