Robert Henry Kuhn

Baltimore Police Dept. — Baltimore, MD

Felonious

End of Watch July 22, 1965

Age 23

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

The Vigil Panel 100 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 150

Incident

Police Officer Robert Kuhn was shot and killed while checking on a suspicious vehicle while on foot patrol in the 3100 block of West North Avenue.

The suspect had just murdered his nephew in the vehicle. The man was apprehended approximately three hours later but suffered a fatal heart attack while in custody.

Officer Kuhn had served with the Baltimore Police Department for one year.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Police Officer Kuhn gave the Baltimore City Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Kuhn.

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

Agency

Department Baltimore Police Dept.

Location Baltimore, MD

Platform Identity baltpd.baltimore.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 22, 1965

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Age 23

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .38 caliber

Offender Died in custody

Police Officer Robert Henry Kuhn 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 MD, 195 of 377 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 51.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.5 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Baltimore Police Dept., 80 of 151 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53% of this agency's fallen.

Baltimore Police Dept.

of 151 officers

53% Felonious

MD — Statewide

195

of 377 officers

51.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious