Alfred B. Waterbury

Spokane Police Department — Spokane, WA

Felonious

End of Watch October 28, 1909

Age 46

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Officer Alfred Waterbury succumbed to a gunshot wound received when he attempted to stop a robbery suspect on 9th Avenue and Adams Street. Officer Waterbury was on patrol with two other officers in an area that had become strife with robberies. Officer Waterbury witnessed a suspicious man in the neighborhood. He asked the man to stop, but the subject fired a shot, hitting him in the abdomen. Officer Waterbury returned fire before falling to the ground. He was transported to the Sacred Heart Hospital, where he succumbed to his wound the next morning. The suspect(s) fled after the shooting and were never identified. Officer Waterbury had served with the Spokane Police Department for two years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two daughters, and a son.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Waterbury gave the Spokane Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Spokane community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Waterbury.

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

Agency

Department Spokane Police Department

Location Spokane, WA

Platform Identity spd.spokane.wa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 28, 1909

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 46

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Never identified

Officer Alfred B. Waterbury 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 WA, 187 of 339 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 55.2% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Spokane Police Department, 10 of 15 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

Spokane Police Department

of 15 officers

66.7% Felonious

WA — Statewide

187

of 339 officers

55.2% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious