Officer Patrick Doran was shot and killed by a notorious criminal outside of a saloon at the corner of Seventh Street and St. Charles Street.

Several years later it was discovered that the subject was in prison in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A few years later he was returned to St. Louis, and was awaiting trial for Officer Doran's murder when he escaped on October 5, 1891.

Officer Doran had served with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department for six years, joining the department on April 16, 1875.