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Deputy Sheriff

Isaac Bosse Heffington

Lee County Sheriff's Department — Giddings, TX

Felonious

End of Watch December 3, 1883

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 1

Incident

Deputy Heffington was shot and killed while searching for a suspect wanted for a robbery and murder. While he was searching an unidentified man stepped out from behind some boxes, said something to him, and then shot him. Deputy Heffington signed a statement while on his death bed implicating a man for the murder, but he man was found not guilty, and the case was never solved. Deputy Heffington was survived by his wife and children.

Survivors

Deputy Heffington was survived by his wife and children.

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143 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy Sheriff Heffington served with the Lee County Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Giddings community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Lee County Sheriff's Department

Location Giddings, TX

Platform Identity lcso.lee.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 3, 1883

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Offender Never identified

Deputy Sheriff Isaac Bosse Heffington 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 TX, 1,463 of 2,421 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.4% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Lee County Sheriff's Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Lee County Sheriff's Department

of 2 officers

50% Felonious

TX — Statewide

1,463

of 2,421 officers

60.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Isaac Bosse Heffington's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Isaac Bosse Heffington Compares

Offender Outcome

Never identified

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Isaac Bosse Heffington is highlighted in Dec.

Jan

1,392

Feb

1,295

Mar

1,373

Apr

1,517

May

1,505

Jun

1,443

Jul

1,587

Aug

1,516

Sep

1,553

Oct

1,371

Nov

1,447

Dec

1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Isaac Bosse Heffington was killed by handgun.

Gun; Unknown type

5,083

Handgun

2,077

Shotgun

922

Officer's handgun

909

Automobile; Alcohol involved

530

Rifle

518

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