Raymond E. Martin
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Detective

Raymond E. Martin

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL
Felonious
End of Watch May 15, 1929
Age 30
Badge 2313
Gender Male

Incident

Detective Raymond Martin was murdered while acting as a decoy in a kidnap plot. He was selected for the detail and was to bring $15,000 ransom money to free a prosperous real estate dealer. Detective Martin met the gang on Laramie Avenue near Van Buren Street. The kidnappers discovered his identity and shot him to death as other officers ran to assist. The detective fell to the ground as he was firing at the getaway car. The suspects escaped with the $15,000. Detective Martin was transported to Francis Willard Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds.

Survivors

Detective Raymond Martin was survived by two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Martin served with the Chicago Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Martin.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Chicago, Cook County, IL
Platform Identity cpd.cook.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 15, 1929
Age 30
Badge Number 2313
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Raymond 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 1929, 205 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 12th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Raymond was 30. 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.

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

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Chicago Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Raymond among them.

Across the years
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Where

Detective Raymond E. Martin

Chicago Police Department · End of Watch May 15, 1929

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 18-E

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