Baltimore City Police Department, Maryland
End of Watch: Tuesday, June 29, 1926
Age: 31
Tour of Duty: 5 years
Badge Number: 849
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: June 29, 1926
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Police Officer Webster Schumann and Police Clerk Thomas Dillon were shot and killed when they responded to reports of a former mental patient who had shot a man in the neck.
When the officers arrived at the scene, at the intersection of Argyle Avenue and Lafayette Avenue, the man began shooting indiscriminately, wounding four citizens and five officers. Officer Schumann was able to return fire and killed the suspect.
Officer Schumann died the following day. Clerk Dillon, whose spinal column had been severed, died two weeks later.
Officer Schumann had served with the Baltimore Police Department for five years. He was survived by his wife and daughter.