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Charles P. Barmeier
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Police Officer

Charles P. Barmeier

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department — St. Louis, MO
Felonious
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End of Watch November 25, 1915
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 175

Incident

Police Officer Charles Barmeier was shot and killed while intervening in a domestic dispute between an Illinois town police chief and his wife. Officer Barmeier was on a streetcar on his way to report for duty when he heard a woman screaming at 917 Salisbury Street. When he went to investigate he was struck by a .32 caliber round. The woman was also shot and killed. The suspect was acquitted at trial because there were no witnesses to the shooting.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Barmeier 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 Barmeier.

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

Agency

Department St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Type Police Department
Location St. Louis, City of Saint Louis, MO
Platform Identity stlopd.saintlouis.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 25, 1915
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Charles 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 1915, 152 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 26th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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When

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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.

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His people

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

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Where

Police Officer Charles P. Barmeier

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch November 25, 1915

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 59-W

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