Roll of Honor
Lawrence Keating
Incident
Guard Lawrence Keating was shot and killed during a shootout at Fort Smith, Arkansas. A prisoner at the location, who was in custody for the 1892 murder of Deputy Marshal Floyd Wilson, in Indian Territory, assisted authorities with talking Guard Keating's murderer to surrender. As a result the prisoner was pardoned for Deputy Marshal Wilson's murder. After being pardoned the man continued to rob banks and was shot and killed during a bank robbery in Arkansas in 1921. The prisoner who murdered Guard Keating was in prison for the June 17th, 1894, murder of Deputy Sequoyah Houston, of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He was subsequently hanged on March 17th, 1896. Guard Keating had served with the United States Marshals Service for 10 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and four children.
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Tributes
131 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Guard Keating gave the United States Department of Justice 10 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Guard Lawrence Keating 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Lawrence Keating's cause is highlighted.
How Lawrence Keating Compares
Offender Outcome
Hanged in 1896
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Lawrence Keating is highlighted in Jul.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Lawrence Keating was killed by handgun; .44 caliber.
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