Roll of Honor
Brian Leath Magee
Incident
Location: Texas Incident Date: Friday, March 27, 2020
Special Deputy Marshal Brian Magee died after contracting COVID-19 in an exposure while on duty at the Bob Casey Federal Courthouse in Houston, Texas.
Special Deputy Marshal Magee had served with the United States Marshals Service for 11 years and had previously served with the Harris County, Texas, Constable's Office - Precinct 4 for 25-1/2 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Special Deputy Marshal Brian Leath Magee died on April 6, 2020 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 66.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 8 at United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service.
Beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers across the country contracted COVID-19 in the course of their duties. While much of the nation sheltered at home, they kept answering calls, making arrests, transporting prisoners, and working face to face with the public. There was no distance to be had from the job.
Corrections officers were hit hardest. Confined facilities and large populations meant constant, close, unavoidable exposure.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and four children.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Special Deputy Marshal Magee gave the United States Department of Justice 36 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Deputy Marshal Magee.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Special Deputy Marshal Brian Leath Magee is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In DC, 137 of 1,419 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, 14 of 313 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 4.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Brian Leath Magee's cause is highlighted.
How Brian Leath Magee Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Brian Leath Magee is highlighted in Apr.
Incident Location
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