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Incident
Town Marshal James Billingsley was shot and killed from ambush by a man he had previously chastised for acting disorderly.
The man had threatened Marshal Billingsley after the incident but the marshal disregarded the threats. Several days later Marshal Billingsley was walking to a market on the east side of the railroad tracks. As he walked past a store where the man worked someone opened fire on him from inside with a shotgun, striking him in the leg. Marshal Billingsley began to return fire as he ran toward the store but ran out of ammunition. As he called to a citizen to give him another pistol one of the store's owners opened fire on him with a Winchester rifle, fatally wounding him.
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." Matthew 5:9
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Town Marshal Billingsley served with the Provencal Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Provencal community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Town Marshal James J. Billingsley 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 LA, 364 of 595 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.2% of this state's fallen. That is 61.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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When Felonious Deaths Occur
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Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. James J. Billingsley was killed by rifle; winchester.
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