Bio & Incident Details
Age: 60
Tour: 19 years, 3 months
Badge # 381
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 10/8/1907
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Sentenced to 20 years
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Patrolman Anton Bachman was shot and killed while responding to a report of a drunk man threatening his wife. The suspect, who was known to Patrolman Bachman, opened fire when Patrolman Bachman opened the front door.
The suspect was apprehended and sentenced to 20 years but was released early, in 1923.
Patrolman Bachman had served with the agency in the fourth district for 19 years. He was a widower who is survived by his four children and his father and he is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Hamilton County, Ohio.
