Walter Davis Mazzie Jr.
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Patrolman

Walter Davis Mazzie Jr.

Louisville Police Department — Louisville, KY
Felonious
End of Watch January 5, 1939
Age 31
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Walter Mazzie was shot and killed near the intersection of 10th Street and Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard) by a suspect who he had previously arrested. Despite being mortally wounded, he was able to shoot the suspect three times before he died. The subject subsequently died of his wounds.

Survivors

Patrolman Mazzie was survived by his wife and four children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Mazzie served with the Louisville Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Louisville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Mazzie.

— 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 January 5, 1939
Age 31
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Walter 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 1939, 82 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 79th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Walter was 31. 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.

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

January holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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, Walter among them.

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Where

Patrolman Walter Davis Mazzie Jr.

Louisville Police Department · End of Watch January 5, 1939

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 35-W

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