Lloyd O'Neil Mayse
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Wildlife Officer

Lloyd O'Neil Mayse

End of Watch November 27, 1980
Age 34
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Gender Male

Incident

Wildlife Officer Lloyd Mayse was shot and killed by a man while conducting hunting license checks on two brothers in Northampton County at 4:00 am. He had stopped two men spotlighting deer from a car on State Road 1321 near the Virginia border. Unbeknownst to Officer Mayes, one of the brothers was a fugitive from Virginia. A struggle ensued between the three in which Officer Mayse shot and killed one of the men. Officer Mayse was also shot and killed during the struggle. The brother who survived then hid Officer Mayse's body and then threw his shirt and badge, along with the murder weapon, into Corwell's Millpond approximately three miles away. The man then fled back into Virginia with his brother's body. He was arrested later that morning after crashing his vehicle during a vehicle pursuit on I-264 in Virginia. He was acquitted of murder after accusing his deceased brother of firing the fatal shot. Officer Mayse was a veteran of the Vietnam War.

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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.
Wildlife Officer Mayse served with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.
Thank you for your service to the Raleigh 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

Type Other
Location Raleigh, NC
Platform Identity ncwrccons.wake.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 27, 1980
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Shotgun

Military Service

Lloyd O'Neil Mayse served in the U.S. Army (1966–1969) before joining law enforcement.

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Wildlife Officer Lloyd O'Neil Mayse 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 NC, 385 of 664 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 58% of this state's fallen. That is 58 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, 4 of 10 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
4
of 10 officers
40% Felonious
NC — Statewide
385
of 664 officers
58% Felonious
Nationwide
1
of 97,759 officers
0% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Lloyd O'Neil Mayse's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Lloyd O'Neil Mayse Compares

Age at Death
34
This officer
Avg for Felonious: 39.0 years

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Lloyd O'Neil Mayse is highlighted in Nov.

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. Lloyd O'Neil Mayse was killed by shotgun.

Handgun
3,684
Gun
3,592
Gun; Unknown type
1,492
Shotgun
1,109
Rifle
935
Officer's handgun
909

Incident Location

Military Service

Lloyd O'Neil Mayse served in the U.S. Army (1966–1969) before joining law enforcement.

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