William T. Flint

Texarkana Police Department — Texarkana, TX

Felonious

End of Watch November 11, 1876

Age 33

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

City Marshal Flint attempted to arrest a suspect at a house of ill-fame on Front Street. The suspect shot and killed Marshal Flint and fled the scene. Newspapers identified the killer as Ira D. Lattimer (also referred to as Lattimar, Latiner and Lattineer) with the alias of Robinson or Robins.

In February of 1877 Lattimer was arrested in Farmersville with frozen feet and hands and placed in the county jail. His feet were amputated. His friends arranged bail and he was released from jail. It was reported that in August of 1877 Lattimer was arrested in El Dorado, Arkansas, and returned to Mississippi to face charges for three or four murders. A mob of 1,500 men took him from the jail and hanged him in the public square.

Flint was buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Texarkana, Texas.

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." Matthew 5:9

Marshal Chris Di Gerolamo Federal Air Marshal Service June 15th, 2013

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150 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
City Marshal Flint served with the Texarkana Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Texarkana community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Texarkana Police Department

Location Texarkana, TX

Platform Identity tpd.bowie.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 11, 1876

Age 33

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Unknown weapon

Offender Lynched

City Marshal William T. Flint 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 Texarkana Police Department, 3 of 5 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60% of this agency's fallen.

Texarkana Police Department

of 5 officers

60% Felonious

TX — Statewide

1,463

of 2,421 officers

60.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious