Roll of Honor
Incident
Dispatcher Carl Baker was stabbed to death by a man who walked into the city hall and suddenly attacked him. The man stabbed him with a knife when Dispatcher Baker told him that he did not have the authority to allow him to visit a prisoner in the jail. The suspect was apprehended a short time later. The 41-year-old suspect was in very poor health and got a lot worse in the weeks following the incident. He was admitted to the veterans hospital in Columbia where he died in 1966. Dispatcher Baker was WWII veteran had served with the Andrews Police Department for four years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and four children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Dispatcher Baker gave the Andrews Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Andrews community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Carl Plexico Baker, Sr. served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Dispatcher Carl Plexico Baker, Sr. 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 SC, 271 of 438 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.9% of this state's fallen. That is 7.7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Carl Plexico Baker, Sr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Carl Plexico Baker, Sr. Compares
Offender Outcome
Apprehended
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Carl Plexico Baker, Sr. is highlighted in Aug.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Carl Plexico Baker, Sr. was killed by edged weapon; knife.