James Newel Littlepage

Austin Police Dept. — Austin, TX

Felonious

End of Watch October 9, 1928

Age 67

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 27

Incident

Chief Littlepage was shot and killed while trying to stop a man who had just murdered two women with a shotgun and was on a shooting spree in town. As Chief Littlepage cut off the suspect's escape he was shot twice in the abdomen in the 2500 block of Wilson Street while trying to talk the suspect into surrendering. The suspect then fled to a house where he killed a carpenter working outside the home. The gunman then barricaded himself inside another house and committed suicide as police closed in.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief of Police Littlepage served with the Austin Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Austin community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Littlepage.

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

Agency

Department Austin Police Dept.

Location Austin, TX

Platform Identity apd.travis.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 9, 1928

Age 67

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Committed suicide

Chief of Police James Newel Littlepage 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 Austin Police Dept., 12 of 28 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.

Austin Police Dept.

of 28 officers

42.9% Felonious

TX — Statewide

1,463

of 2,421 officers

60.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious