Roll of Honor
Nathaniel Thomas Holt Jr.
Incident
Police Officer Nathan Holt succumbed to gunshot wounds to the leg sustained four months earlier while off duty.
Officer Holt witnessed the ejection of three subjects from a saloon at Chestnut Street and 24th Street who were acting disorderly. One of the subjects held Officer Holt responsible for their ejection and returned to the area and shot Officer Holt multiple times in his legs.
Officer Holt was confined to a bed for his recovery and returned to work two months later. On March 27, he was boarding a trolley when both of his legs failed him, and he fell striking his head on a manhole cover. As part of the recovery, he was told to return to bed where he remained till he passed away due to complications two weeks later.
Police Officer Holt was assigned to the Fifth Police District and served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 12 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his mother.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Holt gave the Philadelphia Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Holt.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Nathaniel Thomas Holt 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 97,772 officers honored here.
In PA, 597 of 1,261 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.3% of this state's fallen. That is 47.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Philadelphia Police Department, 162 of 378 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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When Felonious Deaths Occur
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Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Nathaniel Thomas Holt Jr. was killed by handgun.
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