Charles A. Skeen

Middletown Police Department — Middletown, OH

Felonious

End of Watch April 10, 1926

Age 32

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 2 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 7

Incident

Patrolman Charles Skeen was shot and killed as he and another officer responded to a domestic incident at a home at 712 Seventeenth Avenue around 4:30 p.m. As he stepped onto the porch, a suspect inside opened fire, striking him and almost instantly killing him. The other officer, who had gone around to the back of the home, immediately ran to Patrolman Skeen's aid as other officers were called to the scene. One of the responding officers exchanged shots with the suspect and then chased him into a neighbor's yard, where the officer and the suspect were both shot and wounded. The suspect was then taken into custody. The suspect was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison on July 29, 1926. He died there in 1964. Patrolman Skeen had served with the Middletown Police Department for 14 months.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, three children, his parents, and grandmother.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Middletown Police Department

Location Middletown, OH

Platform Identity mpd.butler.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 10, 1926

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 2 mo

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Sentenced to life

Patrolman Charles A. Skeen 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 Middletown Police Department, 5 of 8 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 62.5% of this agency's fallen.

Middletown Police Department

of 8 officers

62.5% Felonious

OH — Statewide

572

of 991 officers

57.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious