Samuel H. Hamilton
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Detective

Samuel H. Hamilton

Birmingham Police Department — Birmingham, AL
Felonious
End of Watch May 12, 1907
The Vigil Panel 52 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Detective Hamilton was shot and killed at the scene of a domestic dispute. Detective Hamilton went with a man to his ex-wife's home with a court order awarding him their two children. The woman resisted and opened fire killing Detective Hamilton. The woman was arrested and charged with murder. It was later discovered the court order was a fake and the man was charged with attempted kidnapping. The woman who testified she was trying to shoot her husband was acquitted.

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

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL
Platform Identity birmpd.jefferson.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 12, 1907
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Samuel 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 1907, 108 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 46th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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When

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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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

Birmingham Police Department has 49 officers remembered here, Samuel among them.

Across the years

Detective Samuel H. Hamilton

Birmingham Police Department · End of Watch May 12, 1907

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 46-E

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