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Lieutenant

George C. Howard

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch May 22, 1938

Age 46

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

The Vigil Panel 74 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Laid to Rest Department 239

Incident

Lieutenant George Howard was shot and killed by a mentally disturbed subject shortly after midnight at North Broadway Road and Bishop Road in Los Angeles. The subject was arguing with the streetcar driver and threatened the driver and passengers when Lieutenant Howard boarded the car. Lieutenant Howard asked the subject to cease annoying the man. As Lieutenant Howard stepped off the streetcar, the man pulled out a Luger pistol and shot him in the back of the head and shoulder. The subject was apprehended by four other officers on the streetcar. He was taken to the Georgia Street Receiving Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. The suspect was a 66-year-old private detective who said he could not remember what he did. He was found to be insane and committed to the Camarillo State Mental Hospital, where he died in 1946. Lieutenant Howard was a military veteran who served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 21 years. He was survived by his wife, child, brother, and an uncle, who served with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC. He is buried at Arlington Cemetary.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, child, brother, and an uncle, who served with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC.

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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.
Lieutenant Howard gave the Los Angeles Police Department 21 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Platform Identity lapd.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 22, 1938

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

Age 46

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Laid to Rest Arlington National Cemetery · June 1, 1938

Military Service

George C. Howard served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Lieutenant George C. Howard 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 97,756 officers honored here.

In CA, 974 of 1,837 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53% of this state's fallen. That is 53 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Los Angeles Police Department, 115 of 240 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.9% of this agency's fallen.

Los Angeles Police Department

115

of 240 officers

47.9% Felonious

CA — Statewide

974

of 1,837 officers

53% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Felonious