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Correctional Officer

D'Antonio Andrew Washington

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons — Washington, DC

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch December 22, 1994

Age 31

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Correctional Officer Tony Washington died the day after being attacked by a prisoner at USP Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. He was making his rounds in the maximum security unit when an inmate snuck up behind him and struck him on the head three times with a ball peen hammer. Officer Washington was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he was removed from life support the following day. The prisoner was sentenced to death as a result of Officer Washington's murder. In 2024, President Joseph Biden commuted 37 federal death row inmates, including Officer Washington's killer. Officer Washington was a United States Army veteran who had served with the United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons for four years and previously served with the South Carolina Department of Corrections for four years.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents and brother.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Correctional Officer Washington gave the United States Department of Justice 8 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons

Type Federal Agency

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usdjfbpfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 22, 1994

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Age 31

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Blunt object

Military Service

D'Antonio Andrew Washington served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

D'Antonio is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

Compare against

Time

In 1994, 93 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 59th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

D'Antonio was 31. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. D'Antonio had served 8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death

Where he stood among them

Age by years of service

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When

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Thursdays: 14%.

By month

By day of the week

How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was blunt object, in 1.2% of these deaths.

Every cause

Weapons recorded