Officer Carpenter, shot in the head, died two days later. Another officer already on the scene was seriously wounded. Officer Carpenter was just exiting his patrol car when he was struck by gunfire from inside the building. As officers surrounded the business, a suspect inside shouted that he was coming out, but instead opened fire. Officer Donald Carpenter was killed at the site of a burglary in progress. Officer Donald Eugene Carpenter, 28, (January 30, 1964) Tucker, a two-year veteran, was on traffic patrol when the collision occurred. Officer Walter Tucker was killed in the line of duty when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car at the intersection of Monroe and South Congress Avenue. Officer Walter Lee Tucker, 26, (October 14, 1948) Darkness, fog and rain were blamed for poor visibility leading to the accident. Officer Morrison was on detective duty when he was struck crossing the street. Officer Elkins Morrison was killed in the line of duty when he was struck by a car at the 300 block of Congress Avenue. ![]() Officer Cummings was the second motorcycle officer to be killed in the line of duty in less than two months. Despite efforts by Cummings' partner and the occupants of the car to carry Officer Cummings to nearby Brackenridge Hospital, he died almost instantly from his wounds. Officer James Cummings was killed in the line of duty when the motorcycle he was riding en route to an emergency call collided with a car at the intersection of 14th Street and Red River Street. The driver of the car was charged with negligent homicide. Officer Stuart was attempting to pull over a speeding truck when he was struck by the car. Sergeant William Stuart was killed in the line of duty when his motorcycle was struck by a car at the 1000 block of South Congress Avenue. Sergeant William Murray Stuart, 29, (October 16, 1933) Eventually the gunman, barricaded in yet another house, took his own life as police closed in. The gunman shot the Chief twice in the abdomen, then ran on to a house at 1800 Newton Street, where he shot and killed a carpenter working outside the home. When Chief Littlepage confronted the fleeing man at the 2500 block of Wilson Street, he attempted to talk him into surrendering. Officers chased the man along a creek bed while Chief Littlepage drove his automobile around to head the man off. Chief Littlepage and several officers set out from City Hall on report that a crazed man wielding a shotgun had killed two women near the 300 block of Elizabeth Street. Littlepage, 67, (October 9, 1928)Ĭhief James Littlepage was killed during a shooting rampage in South Austin on October 9, 1928. According to a newspaper story of the time, Officer Allen was killed only thirty feet from the site where Officer John Gaines had died two years earlier. The editor, arriving first, drew a handgun from a briefcase he had left at the store and shot Officer Allen as he entered, his own gun drawn and ready. After a confrontation with the editor by the wagon yard near Red River Street, Officer Allen followed the man to Jennings' drugstore. Officer Allen was angered by reports that he had mistreated several African-American women he had arrested. The shooting followed an argument between Officer Allen and the editor of a black newspaper in San Antonio. Officer Tom Allen, Austin's only African-American police officer since the death of John Gaines two years earlier, was shot and killed at Jennings' Drug Store in the 400 block of East 6th Street. Officer Tom Allen, age unknown, (October 24, 1915) Officer Gaines and his wife, Sarah, were originally from Big Spring, Texas. At that time, African-American officers were not allowed to arrest Caucasians. Booth, who had been making a disturbance, shot Officer Gaines while Gaines was on the telephone summoning help from the police station. ![]() Officer John Gaines, the only African American officer on the Austin police force, was shot by George Booth, a deputy constable, at 6th Street and Trinity Street on November 19, 1913. ![]() Officer John Gaines, 50, (November 19, 1913) Memorial located at APD Headquarters, 715 E. Officer Fahey, according to local press, "was an efficient officer, and fell while in the discharge of his duty." He is the first Austin police officer known to have died in the line of duty. Fahey was able to identify Tiner before dying of his wounds. His assailant, a "whiskey-crazed" man named Mark Tiner, fled the scene on horseback and was captured in Hancock's pasture approximately 3 ½ miles north of the city. Officer Fahey, a native of Cork, Ireland, was shot through the abdomen on an unknown block of Congress Avenue between the hours of 12 a.m. The following is a list of officers killed during their course of duty at the Austin Police Department:
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