Osmer G. Milbert

Quincy Police Department — Quincy, IL

Felonious

End of Watch October 28, 1957

Age 50

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Officer Osmer Milbert was shot and killed after he and several other officers responded to a home on Broadway to investigate a shooting. As they and an ambulance arrived, a man ran out and commenced to spraying .22 caliber bullets from two pistols, killing Officer Milbert and wounding three other officers before he was shot, wounded, and taken into custody. The ambulance was hit 19 times. His brother-and-law was found in the home with a gunshot wound to his leg. He said the suspect, in an extreme state of anger, was complaining about a traffic ticket he was given a week earlier for not having an inspection sticker on his windshield when he suddenly pulled a pistol, shot him, and then shot up his home. When police searched his car they found two .22 caliber rifles and 30 boxes of bullets. The suspect, 31, was committed to a mental hospital. Officer Milbert was shot once in the neck as he took cover behind an ambulance. The suspect surrendered a short time later after being shot in the leg during the ensuing shootout. Another officer was also wounded during the shootout. The suspect was committed to a mental hospital. Officer Milbert had served with the Quincy Police Department for 10 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Milbert gave the Quincy Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Quincy community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Milbert.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Quincy Police Department

Type Other

Location Quincy, Adams County, IL

Platform Identity qpd.adams.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 28, 1957

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 50

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Officer Osmer G. Milbert is one of 17,559 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 53.9% of all 32,586 officers honored here.

In IL, 842 of 1,318 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.9% of this state's fallen. That is 10 percentage points above the national rate of 53.9%.

At Quincy Police Department, 4 of 5 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 80% of this agency's fallen.

Quincy Police Department

of 5 officers

80% Felonious

IL — Statewide

842

of 1,318 officers

63.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,559

of 32,586 officers

53.9% Felonious