Robert Lee Bain

Guilford County Sheriff's Dept. — Greensboro, NC

Felonious

End of Watch August 2, 1913

Age 30

Tour of Duty 2 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Deputy Sheriff Robert Bain was shot to death near Pomona Milla by a man he attempted to arrest for causing a disturbance that started with an argument over a banana.

Deputy Bain located the man near the end of the car line at the mill. The man shot him with a shotgun and then fled the area.

The subject was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death on December 15th, 1913. The sentence was later commuted to 20 years.

Deputy Bain had been sworn in as a special deputy two months earlier to provide law enforcement to the Pomona Mill Village.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and young child.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Guilford County Sheriff's Dept.

Location Greensboro, NC

Platform Identity gcso.guilford.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 2, 1913

Tour of Duty 2 mo

Age 30

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Sentenced to 20 years

Deputy Sheriff Robert Lee Bain 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 NC, 385 of 664 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 58% of this state's fallen. That is 3.8 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Guilford County Sheriff's Dept., 2 of 5 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.

Guilford County Sheriff's Dept.

of 5 officers

40% Felonious

NC — Statewide

385

of 664 officers

58% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious