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Patrolman

Grant Victor Schroder

Kansas City Police Department — Kansas City, MO

Felonious

End of Watch November 26, 1934

Age 24

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Badge 494

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Gender Male

Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 119

Incident

Patrolman Grant Schroder was shot and killed by an officer who had become despondent over his presence during the Union Station Massacre. He was present when the officers were gunned down at Union Station but did not realize what was happening until the suspects were speeding away from the scene, at which time he fired several shots at the car. The officer went on a rampage, and Patrolman Schroder came into contact with him on the railroad tracks and was shot and killed. The suspect was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years. Patrolman Schroder had served with the Kansas City Police Department for over a year. He was survived by his wife and parents. He is buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri. On June 17, 1933, a group of men attempted to free inmate Frank Nash as he was being transported to Leavenworth. In the ensuing gun battle, Detective Frank Hermanson and Detective William Grooms, of the Kansas City Police Department, Chief of Police Otto Read, of the McAlester Police Department, Oklahoma, and Special Agent Raymond Caffrey, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, were shot and killed. This ambush became known as the Kansas City Massacre. Please click here to read more about the Kansas City Massacre and the law enforcement officers killed.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and parents.

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Patrolman Schroder gave the Kansas City Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Kansas City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Schroder.

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

Agency

Department Kansas City Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Kansas City, Cass County, MO

Platform Identity kcpd.jackson.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 26, 1934

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Age 24

Badge Number 494

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Officer's handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Grant 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 1934, 178 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 16th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Grant was 24. 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. Grant had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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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 officer's handgun, in 5.8% of these deaths.

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