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Corporal Julius Norman Schulte | Mobile Police Department, Alabama
Mobile Police Department, Alabama

Corporal

Julius Norman Schulte

Mobile Police Department, Alabama

End of Watch: Wednesday, April 24, 1985

Biographical Info

Age: 53
Tour of Duty: 22 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: April 19, 1985
Weapon Used: Handgun; .32 caliber
Suspect Info: Died in prison

Corporal Julius Schulte succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained five days earlier when he was shot after responding to a domestic dispute involving a missing child.

He had gone to the residence at 1058 Etta Avenue in Mobile as part of an investigation into the missing girl at 7:30 pm. When he arrived, he encountered a male and female arguing and called for backup. Before backup units arrived, the male subject shot him twice in the head as he sat in his patrol car. The subject also shot the female subject.

The suspect who shot Corporal Schulte was on parole. The subject was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. He died in prison in 2020.

Corporal Schulte was a United States Navy Korea War veteran and had served with the Mobile Police Department for 22 years. He was survived by his wife, son, and daughter.