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Deputy Sheriff

Jason Matthew Baker

Marion County Sheriff's Department — Indianapolis, IN

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch September 17, 2001

Age 24

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

The Vigil Panel 149 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 11

Incident

Deputy Jason Baker was shot and killed following a high-speed pursuit.

At 7:20 pm, while en route to a disturbance, Deputy Baker attempted to investigate a vehicle with four subjects who refused to stop. During the chase, two of the suspects in the vehicle opened fire with AK-47 rifles, causing severe damage to Deputy Baker's patrol car. Deputy Baker received a bullet wound to his upper right arm and had minor cuts on his face from glass fragments. The suspect's vehicle turned a corner, stopped, and the men inside set up an ambush inside their car. When Deputy Baker approached 32nd Street and Brouse Avenue, the suspects opened fire, fatally striking Deputy Baker.

One of the suspects was shot and killed the next day after exchanging shots with officers for eight hours. The other three suspects were apprehended and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The shooter was sentenced to an additional 100 years. The man who provided the weapons to the suspects was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Deputy Baker was a United States Army Military Police veteran who served with the Marion County Sheriff's Department for over six years, beginning as a telecommunicator in 1995, then as a special deputy from 1997, before serving as a deputy for over two years. He was survived by his parents, brother, and two sisters. His father is a retired

Survivors

He was survived by his parents, 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.
Deputy Sheriff Baker gave the Marion County Sheriff's Office 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Indianapolis community. Thank you 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 September 17, 2001

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 24

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Rifle; AK-47

Military Service

Jason Matthew Baker served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Deputy Sheriff Jason Matthew Baker 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