St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Missouri
End of Watch: Saturday, January 9, 1915
Age:
Tour of Duty: 23 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: January 9, 1915
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Never apprehended
Sergeant Gibbons was shot and killed when he interrupted a robbery at 6001 Delmar Ave., the Delmar Station of the Wabash Railroad, at 3 a.m.
He had gotten off of a streetcar and entered the station while two safe-crackers were attempting to blow the safe. The lookout ordered Sergeant Gibbons to put his hands up. When Sergeant Gibbons refused he was shot in the arm and chest. The suspects fled after shooting at another patrolman and were never apprehended.
Sergeant Gibbons had been with the agency for 23 years and was survived by his wife and child.