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Officer

Floyd A. Weatherholt Jr.

Akron Police Department — Akron, OH

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch March 25, 1960

Age 23

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Badge 194

The Vigil Panel 95 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 27

Incident

Officer Floyd Weatherholt was shot and killed as he chased a burglary suspect through the backyard of a home on East Exchange Street. The suspect had escaped from a Federal Reformatory work crew in Tennessee. He was convicted of Officer Weatherholt's murder and executed in 1962. Officer Weatherholt was a United States Army Korean War veteran and had served with the Akron Police Department for 2 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, infant son, five brothers, and two sisters.

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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.
Officer Weatherholt gave the Akron Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Akron 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 Akron Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Akron, Summit County, OH

Platform Identity apd.summit.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 25, 1960

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 23

Badge Number 194

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

Floyd A. Weatherholt Jr. served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Floyd A. Weatherholt Jr. 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 Akron Police Department, 16 of 28 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.1% of this agency's fallen.

Akron Police Department

of 28 officers

57.1% Felonious

OH — Statewide

572

of 991 officers

57.7% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious