Roll of Honor
Maylond Thompson Bishop Jr.
Incident
Police Officer Tommy Bishop succumbed to complications of a gunshot wound sustained 16 years earlier while responding to a domestic disturbance in which a man shot his wife. Officer Bishop was struck by one round below his vest, which hit his spine. The wound caused him to be paralyzed from the waist down.
He continued to suffer severe medical complications before passing away on January 1st, 2010.
The suspect was sentenced to 70 years in prison for the initial shooting.
Officer Bishop had served with the Guntersville Police Department for five years and had previously served with the Marshall County Sheriff's Office. He is buried in Arab Cemetery, Arab, Marshall County, Alabama.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Bishop gave the Guntersville Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Guntersville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Bishop.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Police Officer Maylond Thompson Bishop Jr. is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,787 officers honored here.
In AL, 405 of 643 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63% of this state's fallen. That is 63 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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When Felonious Deaths Occur
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Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Maylond Thompson Bishop Jr. was killed by gun; unknown type.
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