Michael Reedy
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Police Officer

Michael Reedy

Felonious
End of Watch October 28, 1902
Age 33
Tour of Duty 6 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Reedy was accidentally shot and killed by a clerk at a pharmacy who was firing at burglars. Hearing the shots, Officer Reedy unintentionally ran into the line of fire. In his ante-mortem statement, Officer Reedy exonerated the clerk of any wrong doing.

Survivors

Officer Reedy was survived by his sister and had been with the agency for six years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Reedy gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Reedy.

— 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 October 28, 1902
Tour of Duty 6 yrs
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Michael 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 1902, 104 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 49th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Michael 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. Michael had served 6 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

By month
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 gun, in 22.8% 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, Michael among them.

Across the years

Police Officer Michael Reedy

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch October 28, 1902

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 26-W

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