Roll of Honor
J R McCall
Incident
Guard J R McCall was on duty in the early morning hours of Sunday, Aug 27, 1933 in a dormitory with 120 convicts at the Central State Prison near Sugar Land in Fort Bend County. He heard inmate Beaumont King, 26, shouting to awaken the druggist because the inmate wanted medicine. As Guard McCall approached to assist King, King pointed a pistol at him and ordered him to raise his hands. Before McCall could comply, King shot him once in the chest. McCall returned fire wounding King in the chest. King was transported to prison hospital and survived. McCall was transported to a Sugar Land hospital and died at 145 pm that day.
Prison officials learned that some unknown party planted the German Lugar in a cotton sack left on the prison farm outside the walls. King was serving a 15-year sentence and was not considered a dangerous inmate. It was learned that 15 desperate lifers had convinced King to lead the escape attempt. King was unfamiliar with the pistol and it fired before he was ready.
Guard J. R. McCall had worked at the prison 3 years. He was 43 years old and single. He was survived by a sister in MS and a brother in FL. He was buried in Stonewall, MS.
Survivors
He was survived by a sister in MS and a brother in FL.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Guard McCall gave the Texas Department of Criminal Justice 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Huntsville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Guard McCall.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Guard J R McCall 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 TX, 1,463 of 2,421 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.4% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
At Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, 31 of 124 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 25% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. J R McCall's cause is highlighted.
How J R McCall Compares
Offender Outcome
Beaumont King
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. J R McCall is highlighted in Aug.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. J R McCall was killed by handgun; luger.
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