Ephraim John Hubbard

Spokane Police Department — Spokane, WA

Felonious

End of Watch September 7, 1886

Age 36

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 14

Incident

Officer Hubbard was shot and killed while returning to the Spokane Jail from Douglas County with a prisoner he had arrested for murder. The suspect's son ambushed the wagon that Officer Hubbard and the prisoner were riding in. The boy opened fire with a rifle, killing both Officer Hubbard and the prisoner. The suspect was apprehended in Waterville on August 23, 1889.

Survivors

Officer Hubbard was survived by his wife and five children.

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140 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Officer Hubbard served with the Spokane Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Spokane community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— 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 September 7, 1886

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Rifle

Offender Apprehended

Officer Ephraim John Hubbard 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