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Harold Mosbrugger
Patrolman

Harold Mosbrugger

Toledo Police Department — Toledo, OH
Felonious
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End of Watch June 9, 1921
Age 24
Tour of Duty 6 mo
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 31

Incident

Patrolman Harold Mosbrugger and Patrolman Harry Dowell were shot and killed while attempting to apprehend a man threatening his landlady at 611 Walnut Street in Toledo. The suspects' landlady and her son had called in the complaint when the man threatened to kill them after receiving an eviction notice. The man shot Patrolman Mosbrugger when he entered the man's room. The man then holed up in his attic and engaged in a shootout with officers. When Patrolman Dowell arrived with the backup units, he was shot and killed while dismounting his motorcycle. The gunman had the officers pinned, and they were unable to assist Patrolman Dowell, who lay injured in the street. After an hour, the officers fired a machine gun from the house across the street, striking the suspect three times. The gunman retreated from the window and was later found dead with a gunshot wound to the chest. Patrolman Mosbrugger had served with the Toledo Police Department for six months. He was survived by his mother and fiancee. He was to be married on June 20, 1921.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother and fiancee.

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

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

Agency

Department Toledo Police Department
Type Other
Location Toledo, Lucas County, OH
Platform Identity tpd.lucas.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 9, 1921
Tour of Duty 6 mo
Age 24
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Harold 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 1921, 248 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, more than in any other year.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Harold was 24. 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. Harold had served 0.5 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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

Toledo Police Department has 32 officers remembered here, Harold among them.

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Where

Patrolman Harold Mosbrugger

Toledo Police Department · End of Watch June 9, 1921

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 52-W

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