David Ward Mack
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Sergeant

David Ward Mack

Minneapolis Police Department — Minneapolis, MN
Veteran → Felonious
End of Watch November 2, 1986
Age 43
Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Mack succumbed to a gunshot wound received while serving a warrant at a house on Pillsbury Avenue South on December 13, 1979. Although the officers identified themselves several times the suspect claimed he shot in self defense. Sergeant Mack was struck several times. He remained in a coma for two years before emerging from it. He remained a quadriplegic until his death seven years after the incident as a result of infections related to the wounds. The suspect was never charged with the murder.

Survivors

Officer Mack was survived by his wife and two sons.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Mack served with the Minneapolis Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Minneapolis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Mack.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN
Platform Identity mpd.hennepin.mn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 2, 1986
Age 43
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

Military Service

David Ward Mack served in the U.S. Army (1962–1967) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

David 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 1986, 98 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 54th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

David was 43. 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.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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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.

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His people

Minneapolis Police Department has 50 officers remembered here, David among them.

Across the years

Sergeant David Ward Mack

Minneapolis Police Department · End of Watch November 2, 1986

Military Service

David Ward Mack served in the U.S. Army (1962–1967) before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 38-W

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