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Constable

Zeb B. Lancaster

Pikeville Police Department — Pikeville, NC

Felonious

End of Watch June 13, 1900

Age 26

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Constable Zeb Lancaster was shot and killed at a local saw mill by a man whom he attempted to arrest for wife beating. The suspect, who escaped, was identified but never apprehended.

Constable Lancaster was survived by his wife, three children, and several brothers and sisters.

Pikeville is in Wayne County.

Survivors

Constable Lancaster was survived by his wife, three children, and several brothers and sisters.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Lancaster served with the Pikeville Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Pikeville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Lancaster.

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

Agency

Department Pikeville Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Pikeville, Wayne County, NC

Platform Identity ppd.wayne.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 13, 1900

Age 26

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Constable Zeb B. Lancaster 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 NC, 385 of 664 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 58% of this state's fallen. That is 58 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

Pikeville Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Felonious

NC — Statewide

385

of 664 officers

58% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Zeb B. Lancaster's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

1 (0%)

Accident

1 (0%)

Illness

1 (0%)

Cardiac

1 (0%)

Undetermined

1 (0%)

Suicide

1 (0%)

How Zeb B. Lancaster Compares

Age at Death

This officer

Avg for Felonious: 39.0 years

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Zeb B. Lancaster is highlighted in Jun.

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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