Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Henry Zimmerer was struck and killed by a streetcar on Colerain Avenue, near Ethan Street, shortly after 2:30 pm. He was riding the streetcar when he observed two men fighting in the street. He was preparing to jump from the streetcar to stop the fight and failed to see an oncoming streetcar on the tracks. The oncoming streetcar struck him just as he stepped from the streetcar he was riding. The two men who were fighting were never identified. Patrolman Zimmerer had served with the Cincinnati Police Division for less than one year.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
131 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Zimmerer served with the Cincinnati Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Henry Zimmerer 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 OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Cincinnati Police Department, 32 of 106 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Henry Zimmerer's cause is highlighted.
How Henry Zimmerer Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Henry Zimmerer is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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