Police Officer

Dennis D. Crane

Felonious
End of Watch June 1, 1900
Age 28
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Dennis Crane was shot and killed by a suspect who was waving a shotgun around near a hospital at Broadway and Osage Streets.

During the arrest the suspect suddenly shot Officer Crane in the chest. The man then ran into a nearby saloon and engaged other officers in a shootout. The suspect was shot and killed during return gunfire.

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

— 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 June 1, 1900
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Shotgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Dennis 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 1900, 86 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 74th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Dennis was 28. 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
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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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 shotgun, in 7% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

Across the years

Police Officer Dennis D. Crane

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch June 1, 1900

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 11-E

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