Ambrose Donahue

Leavenworth Police Department — Leavenworth, KS

Felonious

End of Watch July 2, 1910

Age 38

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Merchant Policeman Ambrose Donahue was shot and killed as he and three other officers while attempting to arrest a tramp who was trespassing in a boxcar.

The officers encountered a suspicious man in a boxcar while investigating earlier gunshots reported in the area. The man opened fire as he fled the scene, fatally wounding Policeman Donahue. The subject escaped over the Terminal Bridge.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Merchant Policeman Donahue served with the Leavenworth Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Leavenworth community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Merchant Policeman Donahue.

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

Agency

Department Leavenworth Police Department

Location Leavenworth, KS

Platform Identity lpd.leavenworth.ks.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 2, 1910

Age 38

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Handgun

Merchant Policeman Ambrose Donahue 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 KS, 237 of 335 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 70.7% of this state's fallen. That is 16.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Leavenworth Police Department, 7 of 7 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Leavenworth Police Department

of 7 officers

100% Felonious

KS — Statewide

237

of 335 officers

70.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious