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Abe Kleeman
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Detective

Abe Kleeman

Columbus Division of Police — Columbus, OH
Felonious
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End of Watch September 15, 1899
Age 31
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 58

Incident

Detective Abe Kleeman succumbed to gunshot wounds during a shootout at the intersection of Poplar and Harrison Streets (Present-day Thurber Drive).

Detective Kleeman and his partner, a patrolman, were waiting for the subject, who was charged with robbery, on Harrison Street. When the subject rode by on his bicycle, the officers attempted to arrest him. He pulled out a revolver and started shooting. He struck the patrolman in the head. Detective Kleeman returned fire and struck the subject three times while receiving a bullet in the chest.

The suspect died later that day. The patrolman lived with the bullet in his skull. Detective Kellman died five days later.

Detective Kleeman had served with the Columbus Division of Police for ten years.

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127 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Detective Kleeman gave the Columbus Division of Police 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Columbus community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Columbus Division of Police
Type Other
Location Columbus, Franklin County, OH
Platform Identity cdpd.franklin.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 15, 1899
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Age 31
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Abe 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 1899, 90 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 66th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Abe was 31. 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. Abe had served 10 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

September holds 9.1% 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.

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His people

Columbus Division of Police has 59 officers remembered here, Abe among them.

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Where

Detective Abe Kleeman

Columbus Division of Police · End of Watch September 15, 1899

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 54-W

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