Mark Alan Frederick
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Trooper

Mark Alan Frederick

Veteran → Felonious
End of Watch April 4, 1976
Gender Male

Incident

Trooper Mark Frederick was shot and killed after stopping a car when it was reported that the occupants had used a stolen credit card. The suspect was on federal probation for making bomb threats at the time. He was sentenced to death and executed in January of 2000.

Survivors

Trooper Frederick was survived by his expectant wife, daughter, mother, and sister.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Frederick served with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Frederick.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Austin, Travis County, TX
Platform Identity tdpsthp.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 4, 1976
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Mark Alan Frederick served in the the United States military (1970–1972) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Mark 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 1976, 137 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 30th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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When

April holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol has 96 officers remembered here, Mark among them.

Across the years

Trooper Mark Alan Frederick

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol · End of Watch April 4, 1976

Military Service

Mark Alan Frederick served in the United States military (1970–1972) before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 2-E

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