Lloyd Newman Robinson
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Police Officer

Lloyd Newman Robinson

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Felonious
End of Watch July 27, 1912
Age 29
Tour of Duty 11 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Robinson was shot and killed while attempting to question a man suspected of robbing several jewelry stores. Officer Robinson encountered the man at the intersection of Woodward Avenue and Clifford Street and attempted to question him. Fearing he would be arrested, the man fled with Officer Robinson in pursuit. As Officer Robinson caught up to the suspect on Washington Boulevard, between Park Street and Clifford Street, the man turned and shot him in the head with a revolver. On August 10, 1912, the 21-year-old suspect was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life.

Survivors

Officer Robinson had served with the Detroit Police Department for 11 months and was survived by his wife and young child.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 27, 1912
Tour of Duty 11 mo
Age 29
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Lloyd 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 1912, 133 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 33rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Lloyd was 29. 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. Lloyd had served 0.9 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

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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

Detroit Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Lloyd among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Lloyd Newman Robinson

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch July 27, 1912

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 22-E

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