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Patrolman

Leslie Ellsworth Green

Columbus Division of Police — Columbus, OH

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch October 4, 1931

Age 36

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Badge 359

The Vigil Panel 63 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 58

Incident

Patrolman Leslie Green was shot and killed by a suspect who was caught stealing tires from a filling station. He and another officer responded with the patrol wagon to where the suspect had been arrested and was being held by another officer. The man was given permission to retrieve his coat from his car. Instead, he grabbed a pistol and opened fire, killing Patrolman Green and wounding his partner. The suspect fled the scene but was apprehended in Columbus the next day. The suspect, 30, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison on January 15th, 1932. Patrolman Green was a United States Army WWI veteran and had served with the Columbus Division of Police for three years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, and daughter.

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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.
Patrolman Green gave the Columbus Division of Police 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Columbus 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 Columbus Division of Police

Type Other

Location Columbus, OH

Platform Identity cdpd.franklin.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 4, 1931

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 36

Badge Number 359

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Leslie Ellsworth Green served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Leslie Ellsworth Green 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 Columbus Division of Police, 36 of 59 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61% of this agency's fallen.

Columbus Division of Police

of 59 officers

61% Felonious

OH — Statewide

572

of 991 officers

57.7% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious