Albert Marshall Franklin

Springfield Police Department — Springfield, MO

Felonious

End of Watch January 30, 1926

Age 54

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

Badge 7

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 7

Incident

Detective Albert Franklin was shot and killed by a 21-year-old man who was barricaded in his home on Hovey Street. The subject was firing sniper-style at people outside. In addition to murdering Detective Franklin, the man also killed one citizen and wounded three others. After a four hour exchange of gunfire with the man police stormed the home and took the suspect into custody. The suspect was adjudged insane and sent to the state mental asylum. On June 30, 1964, now partially paralyzed, he was allowed to go outside the asylum for the first time to go fishing. Detective Franklin had been with the agency for over 20 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and children.

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Tributes

20 years. You could have gone home.
Detective Franklin gave the Springfield Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Springfield community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Franklin.

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

Agency

Department Springfield Police Department

Location Springfield, MO

Platform Identity spd.greene.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 30, 1926

Tour of Duty 20 yrs

Age 54

Badge Number 7

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Rifle

Offender Committed to mental hopital

Detective Albert Marshall Franklin 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 MO, 516 of 813 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.5% of this state's fallen. That is 9.3 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Springfield Police Department, 7 of 8 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 87.5% of this agency's fallen.

Springfield Police Department

of 8 officers

87.5% Felonious

MO — Statewide

516

of 813 officers

63.5% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious