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Lawrence Vernon Kipfinger
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Auxiliary Police Officer

Lawrence Vernon Kipfinger

Columbus Division of Police — Columbus, OH
Felonious
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End of Watch October 14, 1969
Age 45
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
Badge 169
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Gender Male
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Incident

Auxiliary Police Officer Lawrence Kipfinger was shot and killed while attempting to intervene in a robbery in progress at the Lawson Dairy Store at 1235 East Hudson Street in Columbus. Auxiliary Officer Kipfinger was off duty when he heard a call about the robbery on his scanner. Realizing he was close to the store, he went to the location to offer assistance. As he entered the store, he was shot by the suspect, who was attempting to flee. The 16-year-old suspect was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death on June 11, 1970. Two years later, the Ohio Supreme Court commuted his sentence to life. He was paroled in 1988. On October 19, 2009, he was arrested when he punched a woman who confronted him when he took her purse and cell phone from her car in Franklinton, Ohio. It was his 7th felony charge since his release. On December 10, 2010, he pleaded guilty to one count of robbery and was sentenced to five years in prison. Auxiliary Officer Kipfinger had served with the Columbus Police Department for 12 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and four children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Auxiliary Police Officer Kipfinger gave the Columbus Division of Police 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the Columbus community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Auxiliary Police Officer Kipfinger.

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

Agency

Department Columbus Division of Police
Type Other
Location Columbus, Franklin County, OH
Platform Identity cdpd.franklin.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 14, 1969
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
Age 45
Badge Number 169
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Lawrence 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 1969, 124 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 40th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Lawrence was 45. 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. Lawrence had served 12 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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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.

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His people

Columbus Division of Police has 59 officers remembered here, Lawrence among them.

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Where

Auxiliary Police Officer Lawrence Vernon Kipfinger

Columbus Division of Police · End of Watch October 14, 1969

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 53-W

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