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Police Officer Lemuel R. Boyce | St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Missouri
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Missouri

Police Officer

Lemuel R. Boyce

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Missouri

End of Watch: Sunday, March 31, 1907

Biographical Info

Age: 32
Tour of Duty: 1 year
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: March 31, 1907
Weapon Used: Handgun; .38 caliber
Suspect Info: Died in prison

Officer Boyce was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a burglary suspect. Officer Boyce had retired earlier in the day but was finishing out his shift on his last day of work. He had been with the agency for one year.

Six months later a 17-year-old boy, in a St. Louis reformatory school, was arrested and confessed to the murder. He was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life. He died in the state prison hospital on June 24, 1908.

Officer Boyce was survived by his daughter and father.