John Schultz served in the U.S. Army.
Police Officer John Schultz and Police Officer Fred Peitsch were shot and killed while questioning a possible bootlegging suspect at 889 Laurel Avenue. The man shot the officers several times. As Officer Schultz attempted to crawl back to his patrol car the man shot him two more times, including once in the head. The suspect then fled in their patrol car. Three suspects were apprehended two days later in Menomonie, Wisconsin, and charged with both murders and several robberies. They were each sentenced to 240 years on the robbery charges but the murder charges were dismissed due to insufficient evidence. In September 1927 a gangster arrested for murdering another criminal in St. Paul stated that the dead man had murdered two police officers and several others. An investigation revealed that he was the murderer of Officer Peitsch and Officer Schultz as well as eight others. Officer Schultz was a U.S. Army veteran of WWI and had served with the St. Paul Police Department for six years.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Schultz gave the Saint Paul Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Saint Paul community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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