Roll of Honor
Tamarris Leon-Wesley Bohannon
Incident
Police Officer Tamarris Bohannon succumbed to a gunshot sustained the previous night when he and other officers were ambushed in the 3700 block of Hartford Street at about 6:00 pm.
He and other officers were dispatched to reports of a shooting in the area. They were searching for a victim when a man opened fire on them, striking Officer Bohannon in the head and a second officer in the leg. The man then forced two residents out of their homes and barricaded himself inside.
Officer Bohannon was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his wound.
The subject remained barricaded inside of the home until being taken into custody early the following morning. He was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to two life terms without parole.
Officer Bohannon had served with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department for 3 1/2 years.
Officer Bohannon was posthumously named 2020 Officer of the Year for District 2.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, three children, a brother, and two sisters.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Bohannon gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Bohannon.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Tamarris Leon-Wesley Bohannon 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 MO, 516 of 813 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.5% of this state's fallen. That is 63.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, 112 of 176 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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When Felonious Deaths Occur
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Weapons Used Against Officers
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