Jason Victor Buchanan

St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Police Department — St. Louis, MI

Felonious

End of Watch December 19, 1931

Age 37

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Special Agent Jason Buchanan was shot and killed while he and a Hugo Police Department officer patrolled the railroad yards at approximately 9:00 pm. They encountered three men getting off of a boxcar and both officers were shot when they approached the trio. Special Agent Buchanan was shot through both lungs and died from his wounds the following afternoon. His partner was wounded but survived the attack. The killer wan ane escapee from Louisiana. He was arrested several days later after being shot by officers in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He was convicted of murder, sentenced to death, and electrocuted at McAlester Prison on February 24th, 1933.

Survivors

Agent Buchanan was survived by his wife and three children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Agent Buchanan gave the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the St. Louis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Buchanan.

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

Agency

Department St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Police Department

Location St. Louis, MI

Platform Identity slsfrpd.rr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 19, 1931

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Offender Executed in 1934

Special Agent Jason Victor Buchanan 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 MI, 426 of 718 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59.3% of this state's fallen. That is 5.1 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Police Department, 4 of 6 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Police Department

of 6 officers

66.7% Felonious

MI — Statewide

426

of 718 officers

59.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious