Benjamin Edward Marconi
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Detective

Benjamin Edward Marconi

San Antonio Police Department — San Antonio, TX
Felonious
End of Watch November 20, 2016
Age 50
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Detective Benjamin Marconi was shot and killed from ambush as he conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle near the intersection of West Nueva Street and Santa Rosa Street at approximately 11:45 am.

Detective Marconi was sitting in his patrol car during the stop when an unrelated subject stopped his car behind Detective Marconi's patrol car. The man walked up to the passenger side of Detective Marconi's patrol car and shot Detective Marconi once in the head. The man then leaned into the patrol car and shot Detective Marconi a second time.

The subject fled in his vehicle. He was later arrested by members of San Antonio Police Department SWAT team. The man was convicted of capital murder in July 2021 and was subsequently sentenced to death.

Detective Marconi served with the San Antonio Police Department for 20 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his two children.

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20 years. You could have gone home.
Detective Marconi gave the San Antonio Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the San Antonio community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Marconi.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Platform Identity sapd.bexar.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 20, 2016
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 50
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Benjamin is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2016, 82 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 78th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Benjamin was 50. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Benjamin had served 20 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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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; unknown type, in 9.5% of these deaths.

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His people

San Antonio Police Department has 64 officers remembered here, Benjamin among them.

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Where

Detective Benjamin Edward Marconi

San Antonio Police Department · End of Watch November 20, 2016

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 29-W

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