Charles J. Reynolds
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Patrolman

Charles J. Reynolds

Felonious
End of Watch July 26, 1923
Age 30
Badge 7027
The Vigil Panel 45 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Charles Reynolds and Patrolman Frank Romanella were shot and killed after arresting several men in a taxicab. The patrolmen were driving on the Queensborough Bridge when they heard a woman screaming in a taxicab for help. The officers stopped the cab a short distance away and placed the occupants in custody. The officers then ordered the driver to drive to the 81st Precinct station as they rode on the outside of the cab. As the cab neared 64th Street and 2nd Avenue, one of the occupants opened fire on them, killing them both. Patrolman Reynolds was assigned to the 116th Precinct, the present-day 104th Precinct.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New York, NY
Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 26, 1923
Age 30
Badge Number 7027
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Charles 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 1923, 199 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 14th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Charles was 30. 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
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. 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

New York City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Charles among them.

Across the years
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Where

Patrolman Charles J. Reynolds

New York City Police Department · End of Watch July 26, 1923

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 26-E

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