Charles Escalanti

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service — Washington, DC

Felonious

End of Watch June 6, 1909

Age 38

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 312

Incident

Location: Arizona Incident Date: Not available Weapon: Edged weapon Offender: Sentenced to 1 year

Deputy Marshal Charles Escalanti succumbed to stab wounds sustained two weeks earlier while attempting to arrest two drunk men who were loitering near the railroad tracks in Yuma, Arizona. Despite being stabbed several times, he was able to shoot and wound one of the suspects. Both men were arrested and charged with murder.

Deputy Escalante's killer was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to one year in the county jail and fined one dollar.

Thank you for your service and please know that no passage of time can ever erase your sacrifice. Rest in peace always.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo Delaware State Police (Retired) June 6th, 2021

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Escalanti served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Escalanti.

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

Agency

Department United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity usms.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 6, 1909

Age 38

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Stabbed

Weapon Edged weapon

Offender Sentenced to 1 year

Deputy Sheriff Charles Escalanti 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 DC, 754 of 1,419 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, 251 of 313 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 80.2% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service

251

of 313 officers

80.2% Felonious

DC — Statewide

754

of 1,419 officers

53.1% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious