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Deputy Sheriff

Amos Forbes

Roscommon County Sheriff's Office — Roscommon, MI

Felonious

End of Watch December 17, 1881

Age 32

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Amos Forbes was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man for assaulting his wife.

Deputy Forbes was waiting for the subject to return to his wife's home. When the man arrived around 5:00 a.m. and approached the man, the subject shot him twice. He died within 30 minutes.

The man who shot him was arrested and charged with murder. His first trial ended in a mistrial with a deadlocked jury in 1882.

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145 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy Sheriff Forbes served with the Roscommon County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Roscommon community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Roscommon County Sheriff's Office

Type Sheriff's Office

Location Roscommon, Roscommon County, MI

Platform Identity rcso.roscommon.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 17, 1881

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Deputy Sheriff Amos Forbes 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 97,772 officers honored here.

In MI, 426 of 719 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59.2% of this state's fallen. That is 59.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

Roscommon County Sheriff's Office

of 1 officers

100% Felonious

MI — Statewide

426

of 719 officers

59.2% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Amos Forbes's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

1 (0%)

Accident

1 (0%)

Illness

1 (0%)

Cardiac

1 (0%)

Undetermined

1 (0%)

Suicide

1 (0%)

How Amos Forbes Compares

Age at Death

This officer

Avg for Felonious: 39.0 years

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Amos Forbes is highlighted in Dec.

Jan

1,392

Feb

1,295

Mar

1,373

Apr

1,516

May

1,504

Jun

1,442

Jul

1,587

Aug

1,517

Sep

1,491

Oct

1,371

Nov

1,447

Dec

1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Amos Forbes was killed by gun; unknown type.

Handgun

3,684

Gun

3,592

Gun; Unknown type

1,492

Shotgun

1,109

Rifle

935

Officer's handgun

909

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