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Deputy Marshal

John Franklin Chambers

Aurora Police Department — Aurora, MO

Felonious

End of Watch September 19, 1907

Age 32

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Deputy Marshal Chambers was shot and killed by a man he had encountered the previous night. The man walked up to him in the street with a gun concealed in a newspaper and shot Chambers four times. The suspect was tried and acquitted.

Survivors

Deputy Chambers was survived by his wife and five children.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Marshal Chambers served with the Aurora Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Aurora community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Marshal Chambers.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Aurora Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Aurora, Lawrence County, MO

Platform Identity apd.lawrence.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 19, 1907

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Deputy Marshal John Franklin Chambers 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 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 63.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

Aurora Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Felonious

MO — Statewide

516

of 813 officers

63.5% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Franklin Chambers's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

1 (0%)

Accident

1 (0%)

Illness

1 (0%)

Cardiac

1 (0%)

Undetermined

1 (0%)

Suicide

1 (0%)

How John Franklin Chambers Compares

Age at Death

This officer

Avg for Felonious: 39.0 years

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. John Franklin Chambers is highlighted in Sep.

Jan

1,392

Feb

1,295

Mar

1,373

Apr

1,516

May

1,504

Jun

1,442

Jul

1,587

Aug

1,517

Sep

1,491

Oct

1,371

Nov

1,447

Dec

1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. John Franklin Chambers was killed by gun.

Handgun

3,684

Gun

3,592

Gun; Unknown type

1,492

Shotgun

1,109

Rifle

935

Officer's handgun

909

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