HERMAN B PAHLER
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 5-E: 10
Department: Cleveland, Ohio, P.D.
End of Watch: March 8, 1933
Cause: SHOT
Age: 45
Years of Service: 18
Description: Officer Pahler was directing traffic when he was hailed by a passing truck driver who had spotted a man with a rifle. The man, Herman Klink, immediately shot at Officer Pahler. Risking his life, a civilian ran over to Pahler, dragged him into his car, and took the wounded officer to the hospital where he died the next day. Klink was a mentally deranged spree killer, who suffered from "dementia praecox."
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