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Officer

Gary A. Yost Sr.

Akron Police Department — Akron, OH

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch August 23, 1975

Age 41

Tour of Duty 16 yrs

Badge 268

The Vigil Panel 116 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 27

Incident

Officer Gary Yost was shot and killed while moonlighting at the Shipper's Dispatch Truck Terminal at 999 Swartz Road in Akron. Around 1:30 a.m., he heard a disturbance and witnessed five subjects stealing tires from the company. As he attempted to apprehend the subjects, a struggle ensued. One suspect gained control of his service weapon and shot him in the back. All five suspects were apprehended. Two, ages 23 and 24, were tried and acquitted. Three, ages 22, 29, and 31, were convicted of murder and sentenced to life. The oldest was retried in 1978 and acquitted. The 29-year-old was granted a new trial in 1982 and released. The youngest was paroled in 1991 and sent back to prison in 1994 for violating his parole. He was rereleased in 2001 and returned to prison a year later for committing a drug offense. Released a third time in 2004, he was again sent back to prison in 2008 for another drug violation. He was denied parole in March 2012 and 2022. His next parole hearing will be in January 2029. Officer Yost was a United States Army Korean War veteran and served with the Akron Police Department for 16 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

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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 Yost gave the Akron Police Department 16 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 August 23, 1975

Tour of Duty 16 yrs

Age 41

Badge Number 268

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Officer's handgun

Military Service

Gary A. Yost Sr. served in the the United States military (1954â1956) before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Gary A. Yost Sr. 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