David Hue Anthony, Sr.

Hattiesburg Police Department — Hattiesburg, MS

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch May 23, 1973

Age 41

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Sergeant David Anthony was shot and killed as he and other officers responded to an alarm call at the Citizens Bank on Broadway Drive in Hattiesburg. The location had sent out four false alarms earlier in the day. The responding officers were under the impression they were responding to a fifth false alarm, and as Sergeant Anthony walked into the bank, he was shot. Two suspects were apprehended in Louisiana. The two suspects, ages 26 and 30, pleaded guilty to committing murder and received a life sentence. They both received state kidnapping and robbery, adding 45 and 30 years to their life sentence. In federal court, the shooter was also convicted of four more counts of aggravated, adding 62 total years to be served after his 1973 conviction. The driver was apprehended in Michigan. He pleaded guilty to armed robbery and murder and was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences. The fourth suspect, 25, was apprehended a year later in California and was originally sentenced to life, but on appeal, he was sentenced to 60 years. Sergeant Anthony was a U.S. Navy Korean War veteran and served with the Hattiesburg Police Department for five years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, daughter, mother, two sisters, and three brothers.

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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.
Sergeant Anthony gave the Hattiesburg Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Hattiesburg community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Hattiesburg Police Department

Location Hattiesburg, MS

Platform Identity hpd.forrest.ms.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 23, 1973

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 41

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Denied parole in 2006

Military Service

David Hue Anthony, Sr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Sergeant David Hue Anthony, Sr. 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 Hattiesburg Police Department, 6 of 6 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Hattiesburg Police Department

of 6 officers

100% Felonious

MS — Statewide

242

of 349 officers

69.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious