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Manuel Dionizio Abreu
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Officer

Manuel Dionizio Abreu

Honolulu Police Department — Honolulu, HI
Felonious
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End of Watch November 7, 1913
Age 33
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 51

Incident

Officer Manuel Abreu was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a U.S. Army deserter who had sexually assaulted an 13-year-old girl. Officers had received reports that the man was seen along the main road near Kuliouou. As Officer Abreau and several sheriff's deputies approached him the man opened fire without warning, striking Officer Abreau in the abdomen. Despite his wound, he and the deputies struggled with the subject and placed him into custody. Officer Abreu was transported to a local hospital where he died early the next morning. The 19-year-old suspect was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Less than a year later Governor Lucius Pinkham commuted his sentence to life. He was paroled on December 24, 1925. Officer Abreu had served with the Honolulu Police Department for eight years and was assigned as the inspector of weights and measures.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and five children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Abreu gave the Honolulu Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Honolulu community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Abreu.

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

Agency

Department Honolulu Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI
Platform Identity hpd.honolulu.hi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 7, 1913
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Manuel 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 1913, 133 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 33rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Manuel 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. Manuel had served 8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

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

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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
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His people

Honolulu Police Department has 52 officers remembered here, Manuel among them.

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Where

Officer Manuel Dionizio Abreu

Honolulu Police Department · End of Watch November 7, 1913

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 14-E

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