Thomas Scebbi

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch June 20, 1958

Age 24

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

The Vigil Panel 93 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 239

Incident

Policeman Thomas Scebbi was shot and killed, and his partner was critically wounded by an ex-convict they stopped for routine questioning on South Kingsley Drive at 2:25 a.m. The suspect was arrested a short time later after an officer shot him in the leg. The suspect told police he shot the officers because he did not want to go back to prison for carrying a stolen pistol. He was convicted of first-degree murder and executed in the gas chamber on May 13, 1960. Policeman Scebbi was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Los Angeles Police Department for two years.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother and two sisters.

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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.
Policeman Scebbi gave the Los Angeles Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles Police Department

Location Los Angeles, CA

Platform Identity lapd.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 20, 1958

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 24

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; Pistol

Offender Executed in 1960

Military Service

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

Policeman Thomas Scebbi 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 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 1.2 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Los Angeles Police Department, 115 of 240 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.9% of this agency's fallen.

Los Angeles Police Department

115

of 240 officers

47.9% Felonious

CA — Statewide

974

of 1,837 officers

53% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious