Police Officer Charles P. Barmeier
St. Louis Police Department
Missouri

End of Watch: Thursday, November 25, 1915
Cause: Gunfire

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Officer 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 on 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.

 
Photograph: Police Officer Charles P. Barmeier

Patch image: St. Louis Police Department, Missouri

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