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Deputy

Floyd Thomas Settles

Marion County Sheriff's Department — Indianapolis, IN

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch February 24, 1972

Age 25

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Badge 141

The Vigil Panel 109 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 11

Incident

Deputy Floyd Settles was shot and killed when he responded to a bank robbery alarm in Cumberland at 11:03 a.m. After receiving the alarm, Deputy Settles was shot as soon as he entered the bank. A bank employee was taken hostage when the subjects left the bank with over $11,000. She was pushed out of their moving vehicle a block away. Deputy Settles was transported to Community Hospital, where he died 2 hours later from a gunshot to the back of the head. Two suspects were arrested within the following days. Both suspects were convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. One never sought parole and died in prison. On January 19, 2016, the Indiana Parole Board voted unanimously to deny the shooter his parole for the sixth time. He was denied parole again in January 2021. He died in prison in 2024. Deputy Settles was a United States Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Marion County Sheriff's Department for three years.

Survivors

He is survived by his daughter, mother, and sister.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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.
Deputy Settles gave the Marion County Sheriff's Office 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Indianapolis 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 Marion County Sheriff's Department

Type Other

Location Indianapolis, IN

Platform Identity mcso.marion.in.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 24, 1972

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 25

Badge Number 141

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

Floyd Thomas Settles served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Deputy Floyd Thomas Settles 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 97,759 officers honored here.

In IN, 311 of 504 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.7% of this state's fallen. That is 61.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Marion County Sheriff's Department, 9 of 12 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.

Marion County Sheriff's Department

of 12 officers

75% Felonious

IN — Statewide

311

of 504 officers

61.7% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious