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Patrolman

Walter M. Rogers

Memphis Police Department — Memphis, TN
Veteran → Felonious
United States flag Tennessee flag
End of Watch June 4, 1867
Age 26
Tour of Duty 1 mo
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Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Also Remembered Department 93

Incident

Patrolman Walter Rogers was shot and killed when he tried to arrest a suspect that was holding two men at gunpoint near the intersection of Market Street and Main Street.

The man had been drinking all night when an off-duty patrolman approached. When that patrolman found that the suspect was armed, he confiscated the suspect's weapon and told the suspect to go home. The suspect became enraged and attacked the Patrolman, taking his gun back and disarming the officer. He then held two men at gunpoint. When Patrolman Rogers arrived on the scene he was shot and killed by the suspect.

The suspect was arrested, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years in prison.

Patrolman Rogers was a U.S Army veteran of the Civil war and had served with the Memphis Police Department for only one month.

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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.
Patrolman Rogers served with the Memphis Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Memphis community, 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 Memphis Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Platform Identity mpd.shelby.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 4, 1867
Tour of Duty 1 mo
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Officer's handgun

Military Service

Walter M. Rogers served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Walter 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 1867, 24 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 159th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Walter was 26. 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. Walter had served 0.1 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

June holds 8.1% 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 officer's handgun, in 5.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Memphis Police Department has 94 officers remembered here, Walter among them.

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Where

Patrolman Walter M. Rogers

Memphis Police Department · End of Watch June 4, 1867

Military Service

Walter M. Rogers served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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