JACOB A HEFFELFINGER
Update officers information and/or submit photo of officer
If you aren't logged into the website, you will be taken to a login page and then to the Update Officer Information form.
Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 38-W: 2
Department: Ashtabula, Ohio, P.D.
End of Watch: March 4, 1918
Cause: SHOT
Age: 50
Years of Service: 22
Description: Patrolman Heffelfinger and Captain Bixler responded to a domestic disturbance call where a man had thrown his wife out of the house after a fight. The suspect, who was intoxicated, came to the door with a rifle and fired at the officers before fleeing out the back door. Patrolman Heffelfinger was shot on his left side, which shattered his ribs and spleen. He was taken to a local hospital where he developed pneumonia and died three days later.
View on Memorial
Share bio via email
Download Memorial map
Search for another officer
Update officers information and/or submit photo of officer
If you aren't logged into the website, you will be taken to a login page and then to the Update Officer Information form.
Update officers information and/or submit photo of officer
If you aren't logged into the website, you will be taken to a login page and then to the Update Officer Information form.
