Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Marshall Waters succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained on October 17th, 2020, while conducting a traffic stop on Highway 425 near the Franklin Parish / Richland Parish border.
The vehicle had just been stolen during an armed commercial robbery in Rayville. As Officer Waters stepped from his patrol car, the driver of the vehicle shot him once in the abdomen. The round struck Officer Waters below his vest and damaged his femoral artery. The man fled the scene and was arrested in Franklin Parish several hours later.
Officer Waters remained hospitalized until succumbing to his wound.
Officer Waters served as a part-time police officer with the Mangham Police Department for six years and was a full-time EMT for the Northeast Louisiana Ambulance Service.
In 2022, part of Highway 425 was renamed Marshall Waters JR Memorial Highway.
Thinking about you today.. your passing is still so raw to Family, Friends and the Department. I am sending my sympathies to all who grieve Officer Walters.
Elizabeth Widow of Deputy Michael Haugen. Riverside County Sheriffs Department November 5th, 2024
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Waters gave the Mangham Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Mangham community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Waters.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Marshall Lee Waters, Jr. 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 LA, 364 of 595 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Marshall Lee Waters, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Marshall Lee Waters, Jr. Compares
Offender Outcome
Arrested
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Marshall Lee Waters, Jr. is highlighted in Nov.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Marshall Lee Waters, Jr. was killed by gun; unknown type.