Richard Charles Lloyd Ell
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Mounted Patrolman

Richard Charles Lloyd Ell

Cincinnati Police Department — Cincinnati, OH
Felonious
End of Watch December 14, 1918
Age 25
Tour of Duty 2 yrs 9 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Richard Ell was shot and killed while trying to quiet a drunk man who had just been thrown out of a saloon. Patrolman Ell, who was assigned as a Mounted Patrolman in the East Walnut Hills District, encountered the suspect on a snowy evening near O’Bryon Street at 2049 Madison Road. Patrolman Ell stopped the suspect who had been thrown out of the O'Bryonville saloon earlier and tried to calm him. The suspect shot Patrolman Ell with a shotgun. Patrolman Ell was taken to General Hospital where he died a few hours later. The suspect was arrested later at his home and was charged with murder. He was sentenced to life in prison but escaped 3 years later and was on the lam for 27 years before serving another 8 years and then being paroled. Patrolman Ell had served with the Cincinnati Police Department for nearly three years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, mother, and siblings.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Mounted Patrolman Ell gave the Cincinnati Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Mounted Patrolman Ell.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH
Platform Identity cincpd.hamilton.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 14, 1918
Tour of Duty 2 yrs 9 mo
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Shotgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Richard is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1918, 165 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 19th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Richard was 25. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Richard had served 2.7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was shotgun, in 7% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

Cincinnati Police Department has 106 officers remembered here, Richard among them.

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Where

Mounted Patrolman Richard Charles Lloyd Ell

Cincinnati Police Department · End of Watch December 14, 1918

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 28-W

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