Edward J. Kowalewski
Police Officer

Edward J. Kowalewski

Baltimore Police Department — Baltimore, MD
Felonious
End of Watch July 2, 1962
Age 35
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Edward Kowalewski was shot and killed after responding to the sound of gunfire. Officer Kowalewski was off duty and eating at a restaurant at the corner on North Avenue and Charles Street when he heard gunshots being fired. Officer Kowalewski ran outside and was shot twice by the suspect. The suspect, 40, had shot and wounded a cab driver and was captured after a high-speed chase. He had recently been paroled from Folsom Prison in California after serving 10 years of a life sentence for several armed robberies. On February 2, 1967, the suspect was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed in the Clifton T. Perkins Mental Hospital. Officer Kowalewski had served with the Baltimore City Police Department for eight years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and four sons.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Kowalewski gave the Baltimore City Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Kowalewski.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Baltimore, MD
Platform Identity baltpd.baltimore.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 2, 1962
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Age 35
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Edward 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 1962, 67 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 107th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Edward was 35. 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. Edward had served 8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

By month
By day of the week
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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Baltimore Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Edward among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Edward J. Kowalewski

Baltimore Police Department · End of Watch July 2, 1962

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 15-W

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