Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Mark MacPhail was shot and killed while working an off-duty security job at a bus station and fast food restaurant. He was shot when he responded to the cries of a homeless man who was being robbed and pistol-whipped. The robber shot Officer MacPhail underneath his vest and then again in the head as he fell. The subject was sentenced to death and executed on September 21, 2011, twenty-two years after his conviction. Officer MacPhail was a U.S. Army Ranger veteran and had served with the Savannah Police Department for three years. He is survived by his wife, 1-year-old daughter, infant son, mother, and siblings. He is buried in Hillcrest Abbey West Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, 1-year-old daughter, infant son, mother, and siblings.
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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.
Officer MacPhail gave the Savannah Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Savannah 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Mark Allen MacPhail, Sr. served in the Army (1980â1986) before joining law enforcement.
Officer Mark Allen MacPhail, Sr. 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 GA, 548 of 903 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.7% of this state's fallen. That is 6.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
At Savannah Police Dept., 21 of 31 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 67.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Mark Allen MacPhail, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Mark Allen MacPhail, Sr. Compares
Offender Outcome
Executed
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Mark Allen MacPhail, Sr. is highlighted in Aug.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Mark Allen MacPhail, Sr. was killed by handgun.
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