Nicholas Sheehan
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Sergeant

Nicholas Sheehan

Cleveland Division of Police — Cleveland, OH
Felonious
End of Watch September 5, 1894
Age 33
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Badge 96
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Nicholas Sheehan was shot and killed after he and another officer responded to a citizen's complaint on Clark Avenue near the Big Four Railroad Tracks. Two men had robbed a safe at the Ohio Provision Company and attempted to burglarize the neighboring candy shop. The suspects fled and the officers split up to apprehend them. Sergeant Sheehan was chasing a suspect through a dark alley when he was shot. The suspects were never apprehended for his murder. Sergeant Sheehan had served seven years with the Cleveland police.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two sons, and two daughters.

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132 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sergeant Sheehan gave the Cleveland Division of Police 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Cleveland community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH
Platform Identity cdpd.cuyahoga.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 5, 1894
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Age 33
Badge Number 96
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Nicholas 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 1894, 70 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 103rd 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 33. 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 7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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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

Cleveland Division of Police has 119 officers remembered here, Nicholas among them.

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Where

Sergeant Nicholas Sheehan

Cleveland Division of Police · End of Watch September 5, 1894

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 38-W

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