Frank C. McGinnis

Kansas City Police Department — Kansas City, MO

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch September 20, 1904

Age 24

Tour of Duty 2 yrs 1 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 119

Incident

Patrolman Frank McGinnis was shot and killed as he was attempting to make an arrest. At 10:00 p.m., Patrolman McGinnis and another officer spotted a local petty criminal standing next to an ice cream wagon at Fifth and Walnut Streets in Kansas City. As the officers approached the suspect, the suspect shot at Patrolman McGinnis, hitting him several times. The other officer shot the suspect once and hit him with his club when the suspect continued to resist after being shot. Patrolman McGinnis died at the scene. The suspect also died from his injuries. Patrolman McGinnis was a United States Army Philippine-American War veteran and had served with the Kansas City Police Department for over two years. He was survived by his mother, brother, and two sisters. He is buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother, brother, and two sisters.

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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.
Patrolman McGinnis gave the Kansas City Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Kansas City 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 Kansas City Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Kansas City, MO

Platform Identity kcpd.jackson.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 20, 1904

Tour of Duty 2 yrs 1 mo

Age 24

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

Frank C. McGinnis served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrolman Frank C. McGinnis is one of 17,558 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 53.9% of all 32,585 officers honored here.

In MO, 516 of 813 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.5% of this state's fallen. That is 9.6 percentage points above the national rate of 53.9%.

At Kansas City Police Department, 72 of 120 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.

Kansas City Police Department

of 120 officers

60% Felonious

MO — Statewide

516

of 813 officers

63.5% Felonious

Nationwide

17,558

of 32,585 officers

53.9% Felonious