Gerald Peter Magee

New Mexico Corrections Department — Santa Fe, NM

Felonious

End of Watch August 30, 1981

Age 35

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 2 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Correctional Officer Gerald Magee was killed after he was taken hostage inside the New Mexico State Penitentiary. He was stabbed with a knife several times and beaten with blunt instruments by inmates. Three inmates were charged with his murder. The charges were dismissed against one, and the other two were acquitted. Officer Magee had served with the New Mexico Corrections Department for 14 months and previously served as a police officer in Newton Township and Newton Falls, Ohio.

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You barely got started.
Correctional Officer Magee gave the New Mexico Corrections Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Santa Fe community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Magee.

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

Agency

Department New Mexico Corrections Department

Location Santa Fe, NM

Platform Identity nmcdcorr.santafe.nm.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 30, 1981

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 2 mo

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Edged weapon; Knife

Offender Acquitted

Correctional Officer Gerald Peter Magee 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 NM, 123 of 193 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.7% of this state's fallen. That is 9.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At New Mexico Corrections Department, 4 of 5 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 80% of this agency's fallen.

New Mexico Corrections Department

of 5 officers

80% Felonious

NM — Statewide

123

of 193 officers

63.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious