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Rempsey H. Sullivan
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Detective

Rempsey H. Sullivan

Houston Police Department — Houston, TX
Felonious
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End of Watch March 9, 1935
Age 34
The Vigil Panel 152 · Column 3 · Line 1 ›
Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 116

Incident

Detective Rempsey Sullivan was shot and killed after identifying himself as a police officer at the scene of an assault. Detective Sullivan, the mayor's driver, was on his way home from the mayor's home when he stopped at a shoe repair shop at 1917 Dowling Street (modern-day Emancipation Avenue) to drop off a friend. The friend went inside but was assaulted by the store employee and pushed outside. Detective Sullivan entered the store, identified himself as an officer, and was shot by the store employee. The store employee then held rescue workers at bay before eventually giving himself up. The subject was sentenced to life in prison but was paroled in 1960.

Survivors

Detective Sullivan was survived by his wife and child.

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

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

Agency

Department Houston Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Houston, Harris County, TX
Platform Identity hpd.harris.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 9, 1935
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Rempsey 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 1935, 154 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 25th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Rempsey was 34. 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.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

March holds 7.5% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

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His people

Houston Police Department has 117 officers remembered here, Rempsey among them.

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Where

Detective Rempsey H. Sullivan

Houston Police Department · End of Watch March 9, 1935

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 27-W

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