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Joseph Mareno
Officer

Joseph Mareno

Baton Rouge Police Department — Baton Rouge, LA
Felonious
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End of Watch September 18, 1923
Age 45
Tour of Duty 10 mo
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Department 26

Incident

Officer Joseph Mareno was shot and killed when he and two other officers went to an area of St. Francis Street and Railroad Avenue (present-day Myrtle Walk), searching for a murder suspect at approximately 4:00 a.m. During the search, Officer Mareno was shot in the shoulder, the bullet passing through his chest. He died an hour later. The suspect was never apprehended. It was Officer Mareno's last day on the force. He was retiring after serving 19 years as a firefighter and 10 months as a police officer.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two daughters.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Mareno served with the Baton Rouge Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Baton Rouge community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Mareno.

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

Agency

Department Baton Rouge Police Department
Type Other
Location Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
Platform Identity brpd.ebr.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 18, 1923
Tour of Duty 10 mo
Age 45
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Joseph 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.

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Time

In 1923, 199 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 14th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Joseph was 45. 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. Joseph had served 0.8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

Baton Rouge Police Department has 27 officers remembered here, Joseph among them.

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Where

Officer Joseph Mareno

Baton Rouge Police Department · End of Watch September 18, 1923

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