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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

The Vigil Panel 102 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military 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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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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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Police Officer Bryan J. Moschea 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 97,759 officers honored here.

In WI, 159 of 317 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 50.2% of this state's fallen. That is 50.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Milwaukee Police Department, 42 of 69 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.9% of this agency's fallen.

Milwaukee Police Department

of 69 officers

60.9% Felonious

WI — Statewide

159

of 317 officers

50.2% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious