Hilton H. "Ike" Shoemake

Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks — Jackson, MS

Felonious

End of Watch December 26, 1990

Age 56

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Conservation Officer Ike Shoemake was shot and killed by a poacher who was spotlighting deer at approximately 10:30 pm in the Pleasant Grove area of Wayne County. He was confronting a man who was spotlighting deer when he was shot. The subject was sentenced to 20 years in prison, where he died in 2001. Officer Shoemake had served with the agency for 13 years and was served as the manager of the Lake Bogue Homa area.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Conservation Officer Shoemake gave the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Jackson community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Conservation Officer Shoemake.

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

Agency

Department Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

Location Jackson, MS

Platform Identity mdwfpcons.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 26, 1990

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Age 56

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Rifle; .270 caliber

Offender Died in prison

Conservation Officer Hilton H. "Ike" Shoemake 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 MS, 242 of 349 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 69.3% of this state's fallen. That is 15.1 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, 6 of 11 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 54.5% of this agency's fallen.

Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

of 11 officers

54.5% Felonious

MS — Statewide

242

of 349 officers

69.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious