Charles Edward McKinney

Lake County Sheriff's Dept. — Crown Point, IN

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch March 21, 1984

Age 51

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Special Deputy Sheriff Charles McKinney was shot and killed outside of Locke Elementary School at 3757 West 21st Avenue during an attempted robbery.

Two men approached him and attempted to rob him in front of the school at 6:05 am. They shot him in the head before stealing his service weapon and his wallet.

The subjects fled the scene and remain at large.

Special Deputy McKinney was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. He was employed as a plainclothes security officer for the Gary school system for approximately 10 years and had been deputized by the Lake County Sheriff's Department.

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." Matthew 5:9

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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.
Special Deputy Sheriff McKinney gave the Lake County Sheriff's Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Crown Point 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 Lake County Sheriff's Dept.

Location Crown Point, IN

Platform Identity lcso.lake.in.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 21, 1984

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 51

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Military Service

Charles Edward McKinney served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Special Deputy Sheriff Charles Edward McKinney 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 IN, 311 of 503 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.8% of this state's fallen. That is 7.6 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Lake County Sheriff's Dept., 3 of 7 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.

Lake County Sheriff's Dept.

of 7 officers

42.9% Felonious

IN — Statewide

311

of 503 officers

61.8% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious