Gordon McFall

Osceola Police Dept. — Osceola, AR

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch May 23, 1967

Age 39

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Patrolman Gordon McFall was shot and killed while he and several other officers engaged in a four hour gun battle with a mentally ill man who had barricaded himself in his home. It all began when the man threatened his neighbors with a gun. The 65-year-old suspect shot and wounded three other officers, one seriously, before being shot and wounded as he fled from his home. He was charged with first degree murder, Patrolman McFall was a United States Army WWII veteran and had served with the Osceola Police Department for one year.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman McFall gave the Osceola Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Osceola community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Osceola Police Dept.

Location Osceola, AR

Platform Identity opd.mississippi.ar.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 23, 1967

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Age 39

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Charged with murder

Military Service

Gordon McFall served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrolman Gordon McFall is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In AR, 249 of 372 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.9% of this state's fallen. That is 12.7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Osceola Police Dept., 4 of 4 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Osceola Police Dept.

of 4 officers

100% Felonious

AR — Statewide

249

of 372 officers

66.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious