Richard Charles Lloyd Ell

Cincinnati Police Department — Cincinnati, OH

Felonious

End of Watch December 14, 1918

Age 25

Tour of Duty 2 yrs 9 mo

The Vigil Panel 36 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 105

Incident

Patrolman Richard Ell was shot and killed while trying to quiet a drunk man who had just been thrown out of a saloon. Patrolman Ell, who was assigned as a Mounted Patrolman in the East Walnut Hills District, encountered the suspect on a snowy evening near O’Bryon Street at 2049 Madison Road. Patrolman Ell stopped the suspect who had been thrown out of the O'Bryonville saloon earlier and tried to calm him. The suspect shot Patrolman Ell with a shotgun. Patrolman Ell was taken to General Hospital where he died a few hours later. The suspect was arrested later at his home and was charged with murder. He was sentenced to life in prison but escaped 3 years later and was on the lam for 27 years before serving another 8 years and then being paroled. Patrolman Ell had served with the Cincinnati Police Department for nearly three years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, mother, and siblings.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Mounted Patrolman Ell gave the Cincinnati Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Mounted Patrolman Ell.

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

Agency

Department Cincinnati Police Department

Location Cincinnati, OH

Platform Identity cincpd.hamilton.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 14, 1918

Tour of Duty 2 yrs 9 mo

Age 25

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Sentenced to life

Mounted Patrolman Richard Charles Lloyd Ell is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 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 3.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Cincinnati Police Department, 63 of 106 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59.4% of this agency's fallen.

Cincinnati Police Department

of 106 officers

59.4% Felonious

OH — Statewide

572

of 991 officers

57.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious