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Bobby W. Branham
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Detective

Bobby W. Branham

Louisville Police Department — Louisville, KY
Felonious
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End of Watch May 14, 2013
Age 76
Tour of Duty 13 yrs
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 90

Incident

Detective Bob Branham succumbed to complications of gunshot wounds sustained 41 years earlier in the 300 block of East Oak Street.

As he was placing one subject under arrest, a second man approached and shot him in the abdomen with a shotgun. He nearly died from the wound at the time of the shooting and remained in the hospital for eight months. He had undergone over ten surgeries as a result of the wound. On May 14th, 2013, he underwent surgery to remove an obstruction caused by the wound and died from complications of the surgery.

The shooter was found guilty of malicious shooting and wounding and was sentenced to two years. The subject who was being arrested for theft was sentenced to 30 days for resisting arrest.

Detective Branham served with the Louisville Police Department for 13 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, daughter, and grandchildren.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Branham gave the Louisville Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Louisville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Branham.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch May 14, 2013
Tour of Duty 13 yrs
Age 76
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Shotgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Bobby 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 2013, 43 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 144th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Bobby was 76. 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. Bobby had served 13 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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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 shotgun, in 7% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

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

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Where

Detective Bobby W. Branham

Louisville Police Department · End of Watch May 14, 2013

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 54-W

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