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Deputy Sheriff

Neil Christian

Harlan County Sheriff's Office — Harlan, KY
Felonious
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End of Watch July 6, 1912
Age 36
The Vigil Panel 26 ›
Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 35

Incident

Deputy Neil Christian succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained two days earlier when he was shot by a man seeking revenge against the deputy.

The suspect's brother had been shot and killed by Deputy Christian the previous month as he attempted to arrest him. The brother shot Deputy Christian in the same store in which his brother had been killed. The suspect was never held accountable for Deputy Christian's murder.

Deputy Christian was taken to the hospital in Pineville where he remained until succumbing to his wound two days later.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Christian served with the Harlan County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Harlan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Christian.

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

Agency

Department Harlan County Sheriff's Office
Type Sheriff's Office
Location Harlan, Harlan County, KY
Platform Identity hcso.harlan.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 6, 1912
Age 36
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Handgun; .45 caliber

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Neil is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1912, 133 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 33rd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Neil was 36. Of the 14,220 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

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun; .45 caliber, in 0.6% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Harlan County Sheriff's Office has 36 officers remembered here, Neil among them.

Across the years

Deputy Sheriff Neil Christian

Harlan County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch July 6, 1912

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 33-W

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