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Richard D. Seebo
Police Officer

Richard D. Seebo

Baltimore Police Department — Baltimore, MD
Felonious
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End of Watch May 26, 1962
Age 26
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Badge 2465
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 150

Incident

Police Officer Richard Seebo was shot and killed by a suspect after stopping a vehicle for traffic violations near the intersection of Barclay Street and East 20th Street. Officer Seebo was a motorcycle officer and had stopped a green and white 1955 Pontiac for traffic violations. After stopping the vehicle it drifted backward and knocked Officer Seebo off his motorcycle. After getting up, Officer Seebo walked up to the driver's side and began talking to the male driver who had exited the vehicle. A second male walked up to the car and joined the conversation but left shortly thereafter. As the second man walked away, the driver produced a handgun and shot Officer Seebo twice in the chest. As Officer Seebo laid on the ground, the man removed Officer Seebo's service weapon and fired a third shot into him. The suspect then took Officer Seebo's gun with him and fled the scene. The suspect was apprehended three days later in Camden, South Carolina. He was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. In 1991 his appeal for a new trial was denied.

Survivors

Officer Seebo is survived by his wife and two daughters and had served with the Baltimore City Police Department for three years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Seebo gave the Baltimore City Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Baltimore community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Seebo.

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

Agency

Department Baltimore Police Department
Type Other
Location Baltimore, MD
Platform Identity baltpd.baltimore.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 26, 1962
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Age 26
Badge Number 2465
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Richard 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 1962, 67 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 107th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Richard was 26. 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. Richard had served 3 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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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

Baltimore Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Richard among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Richard D. Seebo

Baltimore Police Department · End of Watch May 26, 1962

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 8-E

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