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Detective

Charles William Bound

Erie Railroad Police Department — Cleveland, OH

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch August 27, 1927

Age 44

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

The Vigil Panel 53 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 12

Incident

Location: Ohio Weapon: Handgun Offender: Arrested

Detective Charles Bound was shot and killed on an Erie Railroad freight train near East 93rd Street and Union Avenue in Cleveland.

He was attempting to remove the two men from the train when one of them opened fire on him, shooting him in the head. He was unaware that they had committed an armed robbery in the area earlier that evening.

Detective Bound was transported to Saint Alexis Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds.

The two men fled the scene but were arrested and charged with Detective Bound's murder.

Detective Bound was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Erie Railroad Police Department for over eight years and had previously served with the Cleveland Police Department for six years. While with the Cleveland Police Department, he was a member of the first Cleveland Police Motorcycle Unit.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two sons, and daughter.

In Our Keeping

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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.
Detective Bound gave the Erie Railroad Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cleveland community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Erie Railroad Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Cleveland, OH

Platform Identity erpd.rr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 27, 1927

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

Age 44

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Charles William Bound served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Detective Charles William Bound 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 OH, 572 of 991 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.7% of this state's fallen. That is 57.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Erie Railroad Police Department, 8 of 13 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.5% of this agency's fallen.

Erie Railroad Police Department

of 13 officers

61.5% Felonious

OH — Statewide

572

of 991 officers

57.7% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious