Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Sergeant Bailey was shot and killed as he and other officers whet to a suspect’s home to arrest him for murder. The suspect’s sister-in-law had called police to turn him in for six murders he told her about including the murder of Officer James Horton of the San Francisco Police Department on September 19, 1920. A search for the subject was already underway after information was received while during a resent jail booking he had bragged to inmates that he had gotten away with six murders including that of Officer Horton. When they arrived the suspect shot and killed Sergeant Bailey and wounded another officer. The suspect then shot and killed his sister-in-law and then himself. The suspect, Walter Castor, 28, shot and killed a man in 1913, convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to six years, and released in 1918. His mother said he was kicked in the head by a horse when he was 7-years-old and was never right since. His father was Officer Charles F. Castor of the San francisco Police Department, shot and killed in the line of duty on November 26, 1911.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Sergeant Bailey served with the San Francisco Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the San Francisco community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Sergeant Bailey.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Detective Sergeant Timothy Bailey 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 CA, 974 of 1,837 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53% of this state's fallen. That is 53 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At San Francisco Police Department, 66 of 106 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 62.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Timothy Bailey's cause is highlighted.
How Timothy Bailey Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Timothy Bailey is highlighted in Aug.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Timothy Bailey was killed by gun.
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