Charles Dow Mundy

Nashville City Police Department — Nashville, TN

Felonious

End of Watch June 25, 1942

Age 35

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 21

Incident

Detective Mundy and Deputy Melvin Fleming, of the Davidson County Sheriff's Department, were shot and killed by a drunk man who Deputy Fleming had attempted to arrest. The man had entered a restaurant and became belligerent when the staff refused to serve him more alcohol. Deputy Fleming arrived on the scene and was shot three times when he attempted to take the suspect into custody. Detective Mundy and two other detectives were driving by the restaurant when they heard the shots and Detective Mundy began to chase the man on foot. During the exchange of gunfire both men were fatally wounded a second detective was wounded. The suspect had been released from a Kentucky prison after serving only six years for the murders of Patrolman James Hays and Patrolman Robert Rowland, of the Kentucky State Police, when they attempted to arrest him and his brother for operating an illegal whiskey still in their service station.

Survivors

Detective Mundy had been with the agency for four years and was survived by his wife, son, and mother.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Mundy gave the Nashville City Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Nashville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Mundy.

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

Agency

Department Nashville City Police Department

Location Nashville, TN

Platform Identity npd.davidson.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 25, 1942

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; Luger

Offender Shot and killed

Detective Charles Dow Mundy 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 TN, 498 of 769 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 64.8% of this state's fallen. That is 10.6 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Nashville City Police Department, 16 of 22 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 72.7% of this agency's fallen.

Nashville City Police Department

of 22 officers

72.7% Felonious

TN — Statewide

498

of 769 officers

64.8% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious