Dennis D. Crane, a 28-year-old police officer with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, tragically lost his life on June 1, 1900. Officer Crane was responding to a disturbance near a hospital at Broadway and Osage Streets in St. Louis, Missouri. The suspect, who was waving a shotgun around, suddenly shot Officer Crane in the chest during the arrest attempt. The suspect then fled into a nearby saloon, where he engaged in a shootout with other officers. During the exchange of gunfire, the
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