Marion Edward Palmer, Sr.

Houston Police Department — Houston, TX

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch March 24, 1938

Age 47

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 116

Incident

Police Officer Marion Palmer was shot and killed when he and his partner responded to a domestic disturbance in which a crazed man had locked his wife out of the apartment and then turned on the gas inside of the apartment. Officer Palmer walked to the garage apartment at 1512 Heights Boulevard to make sure the suspect would not escape and his partner turned off the gas from an outside source. As Officer Palmer was watching the back window he was shot by the suspect, who then committed suicide. Officer Palmer was a U.S. Army veteran of WWI and had served with the Houston Police Department for eight years.

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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.
Police Officer Palmer gave the Houston Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Houston 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

Department Houston Police Department

Location Houston, TX

Platform Identity hpd.harris.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 24, 1938

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Age 47

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Committed suicide

Military Service

Marion Edward Palmer, Sr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Police Officer Marion Edward Palmer, Sr. 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 Houston Police Department, 84 of 117 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 71.8% of this agency's fallen.

Houston Police Department

of 117 officers

71.8% Felonious

TX — Statewide

1,463

of 2,421 officers

60.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious