Jonah Darrell Cox
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Patrolman

Jonah Darrell Cox

Louisville Police Department — Louisville, KY
Felonious
End of Watch February 23, 1974
Age 21
Tour of Duty 2 yrs 4 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Jonah Cox was shot and killed when he intervened in a disturbance outside of a night club while off duty. When he identified himself as a police officer one of the men fled on foot with Patrolman Cox in pursuit. The man pulled out a gun and shot Patrolman Cox as he caught him in the parking lot of a nearby restaurant at 3618 Bardstown Road. Both men were charged with murder but accepted plea bargains, after a mistrial, to lesser charges and were sentenced to jail. The killer got two years for voluntary manslaughter.

Survivors

Patrolman Cox served with the Louisville Police Department for less than two and a half years and was survived by his daughter.

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

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Platform Identity lpd.jefferson.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 23, 1974
Tour of Duty 2 yrs 4 mo
Age 21
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Jonah is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1974, 162 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 22nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Jonah was 21. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Jonah had served 2.3 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

February holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Louisville Police Department has 91 officers remembered here, Jonah among them.

Across the years
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Where

Patrolman Jonah Darrell Cox

Louisville Police Department · End of Watch February 23, 1974

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 62-E

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