Walter Hurman Auble
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Captain

Walter Hurman Auble

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA
Felonious
End of Watch September 9, 1908
Age 47
Tour of Duty 21 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Captain Walter Auble was shot and killed by a burglary suspect. He and another captain were investigating two suspects involved in robberies and burglaries and learned they were about to commit another crime. They located the suspects at 9th and Grand Avenue. The other captain took one suspect into custody but the second man produced a revolver and shot Captain Auble several times. The man who shot Captain Auble committed suicide by swallowing poison as other officers and citizens surrounded him. Captain Auble was taken to the police receiving hospital where he succumbed to his wounds.

Survivors

Captain Auble served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 21 years and was survived by his wife, two daughters, and son.

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21 years. You could have gone home.
Captain Auble gave the Los Angeles Police Department 21 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Auble.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
Platform Identity lapd.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 9, 1908
Tour of Duty 21 yrs
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Walter 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 1908, 129 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 35th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Walter was 47. 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. Walter had served 21 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

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

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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Los Angeles Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Walter among them.

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Where

Captain Walter Hurman Auble

Los Angeles Police Department · End of Watch September 9, 1908

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 25-E

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