Mark Jeffrey Phebus
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Trooper

Mark Jeffrey Phebus

Veteran → Felonious
End of Watch September 17, 1990
Age 23
Tour of Duty 7 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Trooper Mark Phebus was shot and killed on FM 1774 near Magnolia, Montgomery County, when he stopped a husband and wife who were bumping each other's cars in a domestic dispute. Trooper Phebus was off duty and returning home after a weekend out of town when he encountered what he believed to be a vehicle crash after seeing the vehicles collide. He identified himself and asked the female to find a phone to call 911. The male subject shot Trooper Phebus after she left the scene. A capital murder warrant was issued for the male subject but he committed suicide before being arrested. Trooper Phebus had served with the Texas Highway Patrol for seven months.

Survivors

He was survived by parents.

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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.
Trooper Phebus served with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— 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 September 17, 1990
Tour of Duty 7 mo
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Mark Jeffrey Phebus served in the the United States military 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 1990, 88 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 71st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Mark was 23. 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. Mark had served 0.6 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

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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
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Where

Trooper Mark Jeffrey Phebus

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol · End of Watch September 17, 1990

Military Service

Mark Jeffrey Phebus served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 35-W

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