Mounted Patrolman Richard Ell

Richard Ell

Patrolman Richard Ell was shot and killed while trying to quiet a drunk man who had just been thrown out of a saloon.

Patrolman Ell, who was assigned as a Mounted Patrolman in the East Walnut Hills District, encountered the suspect on a snowy evening on O’Bryon Street near Madison Road. Patrolman Ell stopped the suspect who had been thrown out of the O'Bryonville saloon earlier and tried to calm him. The suspect shot Patrolman Ell with a shotgun. He was taken to General Hospital where he died a few hours later. The suspect was arrested later at his home and charged with murder.

Patrolman Ell had been with the agency for nearly three years. He was survived by his wife, mother and siblings.