A. H. "Holly" Koerper

Warren County Sheriff's Office — Vicksburg, MS

Felonious

End of Watch July 6, 1974

Age 72

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Deputy Koerper was stabbed to death during an escape attempt at the Warren County Jail. The suspect stabbed him 26 times with a butcher knife. The suspect then freed his girlfriend, who was also a prisoner at the jail, and fled. A trusty ran out of the jail and flagged down a fireman who radioed for help. Both escapees were arrested 30 minutes later in a vacant building, five blocks from the jail, by a police sergeant. In 1976, the male suspect, 24, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. In 1978 his sentence was commuted to life. As of 2014 he was still in prison.

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

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

Agency

Department Warren County Sheriff's Office

Location Vicksburg, MS

Platform Identity wcso.warren.ms.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 6, 1974

Age 72

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Edged weapon; Knife

Offender Sentenced to life

Deputy Sheriff A. H. "Holly" Koerper is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In MS, 242 of 349 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 69.3% of this state's fallen. That is 15.1 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Warren County Sheriff's Office, 3 of 6 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Warren County Sheriff's Office

of 6 officers

50% Felonious

MS — Statewide

242

of 349 officers

69.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious