Joseph Mareno

Baton Rouge Police Dept. — Baton Rouge, LA

Felonious

End of Watch September 18, 1923

Age 45

Tour of Duty 10 mo

The Vigil Panel 45 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 26

Incident

Officer Joseph Mareno was shot and killed when he and two other officers went to an area of St. Francis Street and Railroad Avenue (present-day Myrtle Walk), searching for a murder suspect at approximately 4:00 a.m. During the search, Officer Mareno was shot in the shoulder, the bullet passing through his chest. He died an hour later. The suspect was never apprehended. It was Officer Mareno's last day on the force. He was retiring after serving 19 years as a firefighter and 10 months as a police officer.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two daughters.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Mareno served with the Baton Rouge Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Baton Rouge community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Mareno.

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

Agency

Department Baton Rouge Police Dept.

Location Baton Rouge, LA

Platform Identity brpd.ebr.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 18, 1923

Tour of Duty 10 mo

Age 45

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender At large

Officer Joseph Mareno 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 LA, 364 of 595 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Baton Rouge Police Dept., 17 of 27 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63% of this agency's fallen.

Baton Rouge Police Dept.

of 27 officers

63% Felonious

LA — Statewide

364

of 595 officers

61.2% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious