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Officer

A. Claud Snider

Tuscaloosa Police Department — Tuscaloosa, AL
Felonious
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End of Watch September 30, 1932
Age 25
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Gender Male
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Incident

Officer Snider was shot and killed while attempting to arrest an assault suspect near Comer Hall on the University of Alabama Campus. The suspect opened fire, killing Officer Snider and wounding a second officer. The officers were able to return fire and kill the suspect. The incident began after Officer Snider and his partner Garland Tanner had just finished working security at a Friday night football game. They responded to a call at the University of Alabama where a female student reported that a man was holding her boyfriend at gunpoint demanding money. She told them the suspect was holding her boyfriend hostage until she went home to get some money for his release. The suspect was demanding $2.00. The officers left her and started in pursuit in the direction of Comer Hall. They encountered the bandit holding his pistol to the head of the student. A gunfight ensued, with Officer Snider firing once, Tanner 5 times and the bandit 6 times; all at close range. Officer Snider was hit in the left temple. Officer Tanner was shot in the jaw and neck. The suspect was shot in the abdomen. The student was not wounded. Officer Snider died at the scene. The suspect died 30 feet away. Officer Tanner was taken to the hospital where he recovered from his wounds. Officer Snider was laid to rest in the cemetery at Flatwoods Baptist Church.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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

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

Agency

Department Tuscaloosa Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL
Platform Identity tpd.tuscaloosa.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 30, 1932
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

A. is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1932, 210 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 8th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

A. was 25. 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
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When

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

Tuscaloosa Police Department has 12 officers remembered here, A. among them.

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Where

Officer A. Claud Snider

Tuscaloosa Police Department · End of Watch September 30, 1932

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 49-W

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