Otto D. Mosholder
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Detective

Otto D. Mosholder

Cleveland Division of Police — Cleveland, OH
Felonious
End of Watch December 10, 1936
Age 46
Tour of Duty 19 yrs
Badge 144
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Gender Male

Incident

Detective Otto Mosholder succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained 19 years earlier when he was shot several times while assisting another officer at Woodland Avenue and 22nd Street. He noticed the officer following two men who were pushing a push-cart. As he approached the scene to back up the other officer, the other officer began lifting the cover of the push-cart to view its contents. At that point, the two suspects both produced revolvers and opened fire on both officers, striking Detective Mosholder several times. Both suspects fled, and neither was ever apprehended. Detective Mosholder returned to work two months later. Throughout the years, he suffered from several illnesses due to his wounds. After 19 years, he went to the hospital for problems with his shoulder and succumbed to an infection in his wound. Detective Mosholder had served with the Cleveland Division of Police for over 19 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, and granddaughter.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Mosholder gave the Cleveland Division of Police 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cleveland community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Mosholder.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH
Platform Identity cdpd.cuyahoga.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 10, 1936
Tour of Duty 19 yrs
Age 46
Badge Number 144
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Otto 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 1936, 136 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 31st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Otto was 46. 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. Otto had served 19 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

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Thursdays: 14%.

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

Cleveland Division of Police has 119 officers remembered here, Otto among them.

Across the years
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Where

Detective Otto D. Mosholder

Cleveland Division of Police · End of Watch December 10, 1936

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 45-W

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