Rex Atwood Stone
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Deputy

Rex Atwood Stone

Felonious
End of Watch January 18, 1971
Age 51
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Rex Stone and Deputy Sheriff Warren LaRue were shot and killed by a man as they attempted to seize his mobile home at 5344 East Van Buren Street in Phoenix to satisfy an $833 judgment. The man produced a gun and shot Deputy LaRue in the back four times. Deputy Stone returned fire, hitting the suspect five times as the suspect shot him three times. Both deputies and the suspect died at the scene. Deputy Stone's son, Police Officer Dale Crist Stone with the Phoenix Police Department, had been killed in the line of duty just three weeks prior to this incident. Deputy Stone had served with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office for 20 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, a son, and a grandson.

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20 years. You could have gone home.
Deputy Stone gave the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Phoenix community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Stone.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Platform Identity mcso.maricopa.az.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 18, 1971
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 51
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Rex 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 1971, 168 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 18th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

Rex was 51. 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. Rex had served 20 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

January holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

By month
By day of the week
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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has 28 officers remembered here, Rex among them.

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Where

Deputy Rex Atwood Stone

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch January 18, 1971

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 11-E

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