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Probation / Parole Officer

Jeffery Matthew McCoy

Oklahoma Department of Corrections — Oklahoma City, OK

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch May 18, 2012

Age 32

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Probation/Parole Officer Jeffery McCoy was shot and killed while performing a pre-release supervision check at a home on Maple Drive in Midwest City, Oklahoma.

A male subject who lived at the home, but who was not the focus of Officer McCoy's visit, answered the door and immediately pushed Officer McCoy off the front porch. The man then attacked him and was able to gain control of his service weapon during the ensuing struggle. The subject shot Officer McCoy at least once before fleeing back into his home.

The man fired at officers from the Midwest City Police Department as they arrived at the scene. He was taken into custody moments later after he exited the home again. In 2012, the suspect, who is being treated for schizophrenia, plead guilty and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Officer McCoy was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and Oklahoma National Guard. He had served with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections for seven years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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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.
Probation / Parole Officer McCoy gave the Oklahoma Department of Corrections 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Oklahoma. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Oklahoma Department of Corrections

Type Corrections

Location Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK

Platform Identity odcorr.oklahoma.ok.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 18, 2012

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Officer's handgun

Military Service

Jeffery Matthew McCoy served in the U.S. Navy (1998) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Jeffery 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 2012, 66 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 109th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Jeffery was 32. 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. Jeffery had served 7 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

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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

Every cause

Weapons recorded