Neill A. Yarborough, Sr.

Louisiana State Police — Baton Rouge, LA

Felonious

End of Watch February 25, 1925

Age 32

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 26

Incident

Officer Neill Yarborough was shot and killed after he and other officers went to arrest a fugitive at Buckball Plantation five miles south of Benton He responded to a house that the wanted subject was known to be in. Officer Yarborough covered the back door of the house as the other officers entered the front. The man fled to the rear of the house and fatally shot Officer Yarborough as he escaped. The man was arrested a short time later. He was shot twice by deputies while trying to flee, then lynched and riddled with bullets by a mob before deputies could drive him to jail. Officer Yarborough was a Mason and was survived by his son. He is buried in the Yarborough Family Plot at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Survivors

Officer Yarborough was a Mason and was survived by his son.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Yarborough served with the Louisiana State Police.
Thank you for your service to the people of Louisiana. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Yarborough.

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

Agency

Department Louisiana State Police

Location Baton Rouge, LA

Platform Identity lsp.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 25, 1925

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .45 caliber

Offender Lynched by mob

Officer Neill A. Yarborough, 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 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 Louisiana State Police, 6 of 27 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 22.2% of this agency's fallen.

Louisiana State Police

of 27 officers

22.2% Felonious

LA — Statewide

364

of 595 officers

61.2% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious