Lee A. Boone
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Police Officer

Lee A. Boone

Felonious
End of Watch May 16, 1893
Age 50
Tour of Duty 13 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Lee Boone succumbed to a gunshot wound received about one week earlier. He was shot while on horseback patrol when he spotted a prowler on Louisiana Avenue at 12:45 am. When he called the man to come to him, the suspect opened fire, striking him in the wrist. Although Officer Boone returned fire, the man managed to escape. Officer Boone sought medical attention for the wound and was told to go home to recover. During the following week, he developed blood poisoning and passed away. Officer Boone had served with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department for 13 years.

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133 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Officer Boone gave the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— 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 May 16, 1893
Tour of Duty 13 yrs
Age 50
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Lee 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 1893, 76 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 92nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Lee was 50. 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. Lee had served 13 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

May holds 8% 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, Lee among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Lee A. Boone

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch May 16, 1893

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 36-W

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