Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Amos Forbes was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man for assaulting his wife.
Deputy Forbes was waiting for the subject to return to his wife's home. When the man arrived around 5:00 a.m. and approached the man, the subject shot him twice. He died within 30 minutes.
The man who shot him was arrested and charged with murder. His first trial ended in a mistrial with a deadlocked jury in 1882.
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145 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy Sheriff Forbes served with the Roscommon County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Roscommon community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Amos Forbes 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 MI, 426 of 718 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59.3% of this state's fallen. That is 5.1 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Amos Forbes's cause is highlighted.
How Amos Forbes Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Amos Forbes is highlighted in Dec.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Amos Forbes was killed by gun; unknown type.