Lee Flacy

Jackson County Sheriff's Office — Lee's Summit, MO

Felonious

End of Watch March 27, 1934

Age 35

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Lee Flacy was shot and killed while providing security at a polling place in Kansas City, Missouri, in anticipation of violence on election day. Deputy Flacy took a break and went next door to eat at a local restaurant. While inside a group of 12 men arrived at the polling place in three separate cars. They entered the polling place were directed to the restaurant when they asked where Deputy Flacy was. The men then went to the restaurant and one of the men shot Deputy Flacy in the stomach with a pistol. Despite being wounded, Deputy Flacy pursued the group out of the restaurant and returned fire, killing one of the men. Another member of the group then fired at Deputy Flacy with a shotgun, killing him. The suspect who shot Deputy Flacy with the pistol was convicted of murder and served 3 years in prison.

Survivors

Deputy Flacy was survived by his wife, whom he had married only 17 days earlier.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Flacy served with the Jackson County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Lee's Summit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Flacy.

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

Agency

Department Jackson County Sheriff's Office

Location Lee's Summit, MO

Platform Identity jcso.jackson.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 27, 1934

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Shot and killed

Deputy Sheriff Lee Flacy 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 Jackson County Sheriff's Office, 5 of 7 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 71.4% of this agency's fallen.

Jackson County Sheriff's Office

of 7 officers

71.4% Felonious

MO — Statewide

516

of 813 officers

63.5% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious