Lawrence Keating
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Lawrence Keating

Felonious
End of Watch July 26, 1895
Age 49
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Guard Lawrence Keating was shot and killed during a shootout at Fort Smith, Arkansas. A prisoner at the location, who was in custody for the 1892 murder of Deputy Marshal Floyd Wilson, in Indian Territory, assisted authorities with talking Guard Keating's murderer to surrender. As a result the prisoner was pardoned for Deputy Marshal Wilson's murder. After being pardoned the man continued to rob banks and was shot and killed during a bank robbery in Arkansas in 1921. The prisoner who murdered Guard Keating was in prison for the June 17th, 1894, murder of Deputy Sequoyah Houston, of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He was subsequently hanged on March 17th, 1896. Guard Keating had served with the United States Marshals Service for 10 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

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131 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Guard Keating gave the United States Department of Justice 10 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usms.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 26, 1895
Tour of Duty 10 yrs
Age 49
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Lawrence 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 1895, 74 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 95th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Lawrence was 49. 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. Lawrence had served 10 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service has at least 120 officers remembered here, Lawrence among them.

Across the years

Guard Lawrence Keating

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch July 26, 1895

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 11-E

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