Thomas King
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Police Constable

Thomas King

Felonious
End of Watch December 20, 1898
Age 46
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Gender Male

Incident

PC King was fatally blasted with a shotgun when he entered a house in Tulloch near Nethybridge, Strathspey, to execute an arrest warrant on a poacher for whom he had waited seven hours to return home.

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128 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable King served with the Invernesshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location SCT
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Service Record

End of Watch December 20, 1898
Age 46
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide - Shot

Police Constable Thomas King 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 SCT, 46 of 308 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 14.9% of this state's fallen. That is 14.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Inverness-shire Constabulary, 1 of 2 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Inverness-shire Constabulary
1
of 2 officers
50% Felonious
SCT — Statewide
46
of 308 officers
14.9% Felonious
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas King's cause is highlighted.

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

How Thomas King Compares

Age at Death
46
This officer
Avg for Felonious: 39.0 years

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas King is highlighted in Dec.

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.

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

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