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Incident
Town Marshal Rudolph Maurer was shot and killed while attempting to arrest several trespassers near the town's railroad station.
Earlier in the day, Marshal Maurer had ordered the men out of the local train depot. Later in the evening he encountered them again sitting by a campfire next to the railroad tracks. He was shot by the suspects as he attempted to arrest them. The men were charged with his murder.
Marshal Maurer had served with the South Haven Police Department for two years. He was single at the time of his murder.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Town Marshal Maurer gave the South Haven Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the South Haven community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Town Marshal Maurer.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Town Marshal Rudolph Maurer 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 MN, 173 of 293 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59% of this state's fallen. That is 59 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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When Felonious Deaths Occur
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Weapons Used Against Officers
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