Patrolman Kieth Neuman

Essex County, NJ Police Department

My Hero

End of Watch: Thursday, August 3, 1989
Age: 24
Tour of Duty: 3 years
Badge Number: 101

Patrolman Neumann was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow officer during a pre-dawn drug raid in Irvington, New Jersey. As the officers entered the narrow hallway of the apartment they were searching, one of the officers shotguns discharged due to a malfunction. The shot hit Patrolman Neumann in the back, below his bullet resistant.

Patrolman Neumann had served with the Essex County Police Department for three years and was survived by his wife.

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