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Sergeant

Jack Lee Cooper

Baltimore Police Department — Baltimore, MD

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch December 25, 1964

Age 43

Tour of Duty 16 yrs

Badge 288

The Vigil Panel 100 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 150

Incident

Sergeant Jack Cooper was shot and killed in the 2600 block of Kennedy Avenue while checking the identification of two men who matched the description of suspects in the earlier shooting of a police officer. While his back was turned, Sergeant Cooper was shot three times in the upper chest region. One of the suspects' driver's licenses was found in Sergeant Cooper's patrol car. The suspect and his brother were apprehended in New York City during a massive manhunt. They were both charged with Sergeant Cooper's murder and sentenced to death, but both sentences were commuted to life. One brother committed suicide in prison, and the other tried to escape prison on two occasions and was captured and returned to prison on both times. Sergeant Cooper was a United States Coast Guard WWII veteran and had served with the Baltimore City Police Department for 16 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two daughters.

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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.
Sergeant Cooper gave the Baltimore City Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore 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 Baltimore Police Department

Type Other

Location Baltimore, MD

Platform Identity baltpd.baltimore.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 25, 1964

Tour of Duty 16 yrs

Age 43

Badge Number 288

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Jack Lee Cooper served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Sergeant Jack Lee Cooper 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 MD, 195 of 377 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 51.7% of this state's fallen. That is 51.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Baltimore Police Department, 80 of 151 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53% of this agency's fallen.

Baltimore Police Department

of 151 officers

53% Felonious

MD — Statewide

195

of 377 officers

51.7% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Felonious