Jacob Otto Wolff

Gulfport Police Department — Gulfport, MS

Felonious

End of Watch September 8, 1937

Age 58

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 7

Incident

Officer Jacob Wolff was shot and mortally wounded when he and his partner responded to investigate a report of a stolen vehicle at a local tire store on 13th Street. As the two officers approached the vehicle, one of the three occupants opened fire, striking both officers. Both officers managed to return fire, wounding the shooter. All three escaped in the stolen vehicle. Officer Wolff succumbed to his wounds the next day. The suspect's body was found a day later in a roadside ditch near Jena, Louisiana. Four months earlier, he had escaped from the Gregg County Jail in Texas, where he was being held on a robbery charge. The next day his two companions were captured in Vidalia, Louisiana. Officer Wolff had served with the Gulfport Police Department for two years as a full-time officer and eight years as a part-time officer.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, sister, two nieces, and a nephew.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Wolff gave the Gulfport Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Gulfport community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Wolff.

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

Agency

Department Gulfport Police Department

Location Gulfport, MS

Platform Identity gpd.harrison.ms.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 8, 1937

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 58

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Shot and killed

Police Officer Jacob Otto Wolff 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 MS, 242 of 349 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 69.3% of this state's fallen. That is 15.1 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Gulfport Police Department, 6 of 8 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.

Gulfport Police Department

of 8 officers

75% Felonious

MS — Statewide

242

of 349 officers

69.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious