Walter Kent Mundell Jr.

Pierce County Sheriff's Department — Tacoma, WA

Felonious

End of Watch December 28, 2009

Age 44

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 10

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Kent Mundell was killed while responding to a domestic violence call in the 34300 block of Tanwax Court East in Eatonville.

Deputy Mundell and his sergeant had responded to a house where a man was fighting with his daughter and brother. The deputies had convinced the intoxicated man to leave the house when he produced a previously concealed gun and fired ten rounds at the officers.

Despite being wounded, Deputy Mundell returned fire and killed the subject. The suspect's brother and daughter put themselves at risk to pull the wounded sergeant out of the line of fire by pulling him into another room. Deputy Mundell was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he remained on life support in the intensive care unit until succumbing to his wounds seven days later.

Deputy Mundell had served with the Pierce County Sheriff's Department for 10 years.

Survivors

Survivors include his wife, 16-year-old daughter, and 10-year-old son.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Mundell gave the Pierce County Sheriff's Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tacoma community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Mundell.

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

Agency

Department Pierce County Sheriff's Department

Type Sheriff's Office

Location Tacoma, Pierce County, WA

Platform Identity pcso.pierce.wa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 28, 2009

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 44

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Not available

Deputy Sheriff Walter Kent Mundell Jr. 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 WA, 187 of 340 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 55% of this state's fallen. That is 55 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Pierce County Sheriff's Department, 6 of 11 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 54.5% of this agency's fallen.

Pierce County Sheriff's Department

of 11 officers

54.5% Felonious

WA — Statewide

187

of 340 officers

55% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious