Roll of Honor
Kevin Curtis Crayon
Incident
Police Officer Kevin Crayon was killed after being dragged by a vehicle being driven by a juvenile.
Officer Crayon noticed the 12-year-old boy operating the vehicle in the parking lot of a United Dairy Farmers convenience store at 5564 Colerain Ave. and approached it at 12:43 a.m. As he reached inside the vehicle in an attempt to take the keys out of the ignition, the suspect suddenly drove away and dragged Officer Crayon alongside the vehicle.
In an attempt to save his own life, Officer Crayon shot the suspect once in the chest before being freed from the vehicle. However, Officer Crayon sustained massive head injuries and was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The juvenile drove the vehicle to his parents' house where he collapsed and died.
Officer Crayon, a U.S. Army veteran, had served with the Cincinnati Police Division for four years.
Survivors
He is survived by three teenage children, his mother, and four siblings.
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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Crayon gave the Cincinnati Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Kevin Curtis Crayon served in the Army (1977â1980) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Kevin Curtis Crayon 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 OH, 572 of 991 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.7% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
At Cincinnati Police Department, 63 of 106 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kevin Curtis Crayon's cause is highlighted.
How Kevin Curtis Crayon Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Kevin Curtis Crayon is highlighted in Sep.
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