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Sergeant

Robert A. Mobley

South Carolina Highway Patrol — Blythewood, SC

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch July 19, 1979

Age 50

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Military Memorials 1 Also Remembered Department 51

Incident

Sergeant Robert Mobley was shot and killed while stopping a person on a motorcycle at 7:00 pm on Highway 51, five miles south of Florence. Sergeant Mobley initiated the traffic stop of a motorcycle due to a non-working brake light. He was left-handed and was sitting in his patrol car in the driver's seat with the door open to protect the motorcycle while writing the citation when the motorcycle operator snuck up from behind the patrol car, took Sergeant Mobley's sidearm out from the holster and emptied the chamber into Sergeant Mobley. When a deputy arrived on the scene, the suspect retrieved Sergeant Mobley's shotgun out of the patrol car and attempted to shoot the deputy but could not chamber the round. The suspect was taken into custody and was found guilty initially, but the verdict was overturned when the suspect was deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial. The suspect spent 25 years in a state mental facility and was released in 2005. Sergeant Mobley was a United States Marine Corps WWII veteran and had served with the South Carolina Highway Patrol for 21 years. He was survived by his wife, three children, and two grandchildren. One of Sergeant Mobley’s sons was a member of the South Carolina Highway Patrol at the time of his death.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, three children, and two grandchildren.

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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.
Sergeant Mobley gave the South Carolina Highway Patrol 21 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of South Carolina, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department South Carolina Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Blythewood, Fairfield County, SC

Platform Identity schp.sc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 19, 1979

Tour of Duty 21 yrs

Age 50

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

Robert A. Mobley served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Robert 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 1979, 136 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 31st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Robert was 50. 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. Robert had served 21 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death

Where he stood among them

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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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.

Every cause

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