Nicholas Hunt
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Police Officer

Nicholas Hunt

Felonious
End of Watch November 15, 1897
Age 32
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Nicholas Hunt was shot and killed after he and his partner responded to a robbery at a local store on 22nd Street near Chouteau Avenue. During the exchange of gunfire, one of the suspects was wounded. The suspect was apprehended in Delaware for another robbery but escaped from prison. He was then again arrested in Rhode Island for a robbery and sentenced to 25 years. When he was pardoned by the Rhode Island Governor in 1914, he was released from jail but arrested by St. Louis detectives and returned to Missouri to face murder charges. Murder charges were dismissed because witnesses could not be found. He was returned to the Rhode Island Prison to finish his sentence. One of the subjects was arrested in San Francisco, California, after being involved in the murder of Officer Eugene Robinson on January 21st, 1902. None of the other suspects were apprehended. Office Hunt had served with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department for two years. He is buried in an unmarked grave at Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum in St. Louis, Missouri.

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129 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Officer Hunt gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location St. Louis, City of Saint Louis, MO
Platform Identity stlopd.saintlouis.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 15, 1897
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 32
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Nicholas 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 1897, 52 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 137th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Nicholas was 32. 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. Nicholas had served 2 years; 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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Nicholas among them.

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Where

Police Officer Nicholas Hunt

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch November 15, 1897

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 31-W

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