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Lieutenant

Levi Parker

Cincinnati Police Department — Cincinnati, OH
Felonious
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End of Watch May 4, 1856
Age 51
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Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 105

Incident

Lieutenant Levi Parker was shot on April 27th, 1856, while attempting to stop a man from beating his wife on Front Street near Pike Street. The unarmed subject pulled a pistol and shot Lieutenant Parker in the left shoulder. Lieutenant Parker died eight days later at 1:00 a.m. on the morning of May 4, 1856. The subject was charged, convicted, and sentenced to life. However, in January 1862, the Supreme Court ordered a new trial for him. He was again convicted, this time of second degree murder and again sentenced to life. A few years later, convinced that he was to return to Ireland, the governor of Ohio pardoned him and, once pardoned, the man went to Covington, Kentucky.

Survivors

Lieutenant Parker was survived by his wife and two daughters.

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170 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Lieutenant Parker served with the Cincinnati Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Cincinnati community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Cincinnati Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH
Platform Identity cincpd.hamilton.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 4, 1856
Age 51
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Levi 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 1856, 5 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 182nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Levi was 51. 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.

Age at death
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When

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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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.

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His people

Cincinnati Police Department has 106 officers remembered here, Levi among them.

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Where

Lieutenant Levi Parker

Cincinnati Police Department · End of Watch May 4, 1856

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 55-W

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