Clayton C. Weed

Battle Creek City Police Department — Battle Creek, MI

Accident

End of Watch April 14, 1926

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 6 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Patrolman Clayton Weed succumbed to an accidental gunshot wound sustained one month earlier at police headquarters at 34 N Division Street. He was shot when a pistol fell out of another officer's holster and discharged, striking him in the leg. A blood clot formed near the wound and moved to his heart. Patrolman Weed had served with the Battle Creek Police Department for 18 months. He was survived by his mother and three brothers. The police station Patrolman Weed was shot in was demolished in 1971. A new police station was constructed on the same site in 2018.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother and three brothers.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Patrolman Weed gave the Battle Creek City Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Battle Creek community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Weed.

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

Agency

Department Battle Creek City Police Department

Location Battle Creek, MI

Platform Identity bcpd.calhoun.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 14, 1926

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 6 mo

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman Clayton C. Weed is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In MI, 229 of 718 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.9% of this state's fallen. That is 0.9 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Battle Creek City Police Department, 3 of 6 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Battle Creek City Police Department

of 6 officers

50% Accident

MI — Statewide

229

of 718 officers

31.9% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident