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Louis H. Niederschulte
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Police Officer

Louis H. Niederschulte

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department — St. Louis, MO
Felonious
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End of Watch August 12, 1919
Age 37
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 175

Incident

Police Officer Louis Niederschulte was shot and killed when he and another officer responded to a house on Second Street to investigate reports of shots being fired. The suspect had become upset because another man had become friendly with his wife. When he was unable to find the man he began taking shots at other citizens. As the officers searched for the suspect Officer Niederschulte and the other officer entered the backyard at 1517 South Second Street. The suspect opened fire, narrowly missing the second officer, but striking Officer Niederschulte in the back, fatally wounding him. The 19-year-old suspect was later apprehended, convicted of first degree murder, and sentenced to life in prison. He died in a prison hospital from tuberculosis on February 26, 1925.

Survivors

Officer Niederschulte had been with the agency for 15 years and was survived by his father and six siblings.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Niederschulte gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Niederschulte.

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

Agency

Department St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Type Police Department
Location St. Louis, City of Saint Louis, MO
Platform Identity stlopd.saintlouis.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 12, 1919
Tour of Duty 15 yrs
Age 37
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Rifle

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Louis 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 1919, 212 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 7th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Louis was 37. 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. Louis had served 15 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

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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 rifle, in 5.9% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Louis among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Louis H. Niederschulte

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch August 12, 1919

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 60-W

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