Mark Alan Frederick

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol — Austin, TX

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch April 4, 1976

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 95

Incident

Trooper Mark Frederick was shot and killed after stopping a car when it was reported that the occupants had used a stolen credit card. The suspect was on federal probation for making bomb threats at the time. He was sentenced to death and executed in January of 2000.

Survivors

Trooper Frederick was survived by his expectant wife, daughter, mother, and sister.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Frederick served with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Frederick.

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

Agency

Department Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Austin, TX

Platform Identity tdpsthp.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 4, 1976

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Mark Alan Frederick served in the the United States military (1970â1972) before joining law enforcement.

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Trooper Mark Alan Frederick 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 97,784 officers honored here.

In TX, 1,461 of 2,422 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.3% of this state's fallen. That is 60.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, 36 of 96 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 37.5% of this agency's fallen.

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol

of 96 officers

37.5% Felonious

TX — Statewide

1,461

of 2,422 officers

60.3% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,784 officers

0% Felonious