Police Officer Michael Reedy
St. Louis Police Department
Missouri

End of Watch: Tuesday, October 28, 1902
Cause: Gunfire

Biographical Info
Age: 33
Tour of Duty: 6 years
Badge Number: Not available

Officer Reedy was accidentally shot and killed by a clerk at a pharmacy who was firing at burglars. Hearing the shots, Officer Reedy unintentionally ran into the line of fire. In his ante-mortem statement, Officer Reedy exonerated the clerk of any wrong doing.

Officer Reedy was survived by his sister and had been with the agency for six years.

 
Photograph: Police Officer Michael Reedy

Patch image: St. Louis Police Department, Missouri

Visit Police Officer Reedy's memorial at www.ODMP.org