Eugene Stinchcomb

Cleveland Division of Police — Cleveland, OH

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch May 12, 1952

Age 58

Tour of Duty 29 yrs

The Vigil Panel 88 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 118

Incident

Patrolman Gene Stinchcomb was shot and killed with his own service weapon when he responded to a disturbance on a city bus on Euclid Avenue and 105th Street in Cleveland. The 20-year-old man set a woman's hair on fire with a cigarette. When Patrolman Stinchcomb approached the subject, the man grabbed his service weapon and opened fire, killing him, the 24-year-old complainant, and two other passengers, 50 and 60. The subject was then taken into custody by an off-duty officer who ran onto the bus. Other passengers had almost beat the suspect to death. The man was committed to a state hospital, where he died in 1993. Patrolman Stinchcomb had served with the Cleveland Division of Police for 29 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and son.

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Tributes

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.
Patrolman Stinchcomb gave the Cleveland Division of Police 29 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cleveland community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Cleveland Division of Police

Location Cleveland, OH

Platform Identity cdpd.cuyahoga.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 12, 1952

Tour of Duty 29 yrs

Age 58

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Officer's handgun

Offender Committed to mental institution

Military Service

Eugene Stinchcomb served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrolman Eugene Stinchcomb 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 Cleveland Division of Police, 83 of 119 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 69.7% of this agency's fallen.

Cleveland Division of Police

of 119 officers

69.7% Felonious

OH — Statewide

572

of 991 officers

57.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious