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James M. King
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Detective Sergeant

James M. King

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department — St. Louis, MO
Felonious
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End of Watch January 18, 1920
Age 48
Tour of Duty 24 yrs
The Vigil Panel 38 ›
Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 175

Incident

Sergeant James King succumbed to a gunshot wound received six days earlier at Kingshighway Boulevard and Easton Avenue when he was robbed while walking home. When the suspects told him to put his hands up he instead drew his weapon and exchanged shots with the men. Sergeant King received wounds to his chest, leg, and stomach. He was taken to a local hospital where he later died. Sergeant King was the head of Detective District B in the Fourth District.

Survivors

He had been with the agency for 24 years and was survived by his wife and four children.

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24 years. You could have gone home.
Detective Sergeant King gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 24 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Sergeant King.

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

Agency

Department St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Type Police Department
Location St. Louis, City of Saint Louis, MO
Platform Identity stlopd.saintlouis.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 18, 1920
Tour of Duty 24 yrs
Age 48
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

James is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1920, 209 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 9th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

James was 48. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. James had served 24 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

January holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, James among them.

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Where

Detective Sergeant James M. King

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch January 18, 1920

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 30-W

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