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Andrew Lycurgus White
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Patrolman

Andrew Lycurgus White

Memphis Police Department — Memphis, TN
Felonious
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End of Watch April 13, 1919
Age 35
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Badge 57
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 93

Incident

Patrolman Andrew White was shot and killed while investigating a report of a stolen bicycle. Patrolman White and his partner were sent to a drug store at 1669 Lamar Street to investigate the theft. The store owner told the officer that he had spotted a man riding a bicycle that was stolen from his store three weeks earlier. When the officers questioned the suspect he told them he had bought the bicycle from another man who lived outside the Parkway on Pigeon Roost Road where it intersects Deadrick's Road. When the officers arrived at the house Patrolman White entered through the back door while his partner covered the front door. Patrolman White found the suspect seated in the kitchen eating supper. The suspect pulled an automatic pistol from his belt and fatally shot Patrolman White. The suspect then fled out the back door, across a field and vanished. Patrolman White served with the Memphis Police Department for nine years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman White gave the Memphis Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Memphis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman White.

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

Agency

Department Memphis Police Department
Type Police Department
Location Memphis, Shelby County, TN
Platform Identity mpd.shelby.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 13, 1919
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Age 35
Badge Number 57
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Andrew 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 1919, 212 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 7th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Andrew was 35. 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. Andrew had served 9 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

April holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Memphis Police Department has 94 officers remembered here, Andrew among them.

Across the years
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Where

Patrolman Andrew Lycurgus White

Memphis Police Department · End of Watch April 13, 1919

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 52-W

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