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Deputy Marshal

Todd Vittitoe

Elizabethtown Police Department — Elizabethtown, KY

Felonious

End of Watch October 19, 1895

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Deputy Marshal Todd Vittitoe was shot and killed as he and the town marshal attempted to break up a fight between two men.

One of the men in the fight shot at the other one, but missed, and the round fatally struck the marshal. The subject was arrested and charged with murder. He was convicted of manslaughter and subsequently sentenced to two years in prison.

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131 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy Marshal Vittitoe served with the Elizabethtown Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Elizabethtown community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Elizabethtown Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Elizabethtown, Hardin County, KY

Platform Identity epd.hardin.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 19, 1895

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Deputy Marshal Todd Vittitoe 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 KY, 755 of 983 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 76.8% of this state's fallen. That is 76.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

Elizabethtown Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Felonious

KY — Statewide

755

of 983 officers

76.8% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

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

Felonious

1 (0%)

Accident

1 (0%)

Illness

1 (0%)

Cardiac

1 (0%)

Undetermined

1 (0%)

Suicide

1 (0%)

How Todd Vittitoe Compares

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Todd Vittitoe is highlighted in Oct.

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. Todd Vittitoe was killed by handgun.

Handgun

3,684

Gun

3,592

Gun; Unknown type

1,492

Shotgun

1,109

Rifle

935

Officer's handgun

909

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