Police Officer Paul Weiler

Police Officer Paul Weiler

Milwaukee Police Department, Wisconsin

End of Watch Saturday, November 24, 1917

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Paul Weiler

Police Officer Paul Weiler was killed when a bomb exploded in the department's Central Police Station.

Officer Weiler had served with the Milwaukee Police Department for nearly 11 years. He was survived by his three children and is buried in Good Hope Cemetery, Greenfield, Wisconsin.


Nine Milwaukee police officers and two civilians were killed when a bomb exploded inside of the Central Police Station at the intersection of Broadway and Oneida Street (modern-day Wells Street).

The bomb had been found in an alley between a church and its adjacent mission house. A church member and citizen brought the bomb to the police station and gave it to Station Keeper Henry Deckert, who took it to the assembly room as roll call was starting.

As the officers examined the device it exploded, killing eight officers inside of the room, one officer in the radio room above the assembly room, and two civilians who were inside of the station.

No suspects were ever identified but it was believed at the time that the bomb had been placed at the church by anarchist sympathizers.

Bio

  • Age 38
  • Tour 10 years, 11 months
  • Badge Not available

Incident Details

  • Cause Bomb
  • Weapon Explosives; Bomb
  • Offender Case never solved

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This is my Grandfather's Father. I have hid melted gun in my living room. He was killed before my grandfather knew him. As a result, it left my grandfather scarred, and my father scarred, and me scarred. Until 2001, it was the single greatest mass murder of police officers in the United States, when a little incident known as 9/11 replaced it. I carry his name and his legacy.

Mark Weiler
Great Grandson

June 24, 2024

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