Deputy Sheriff

Robert King Vann

Felonious
End of Watch September 27, 1889
Age 34
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Vann was shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant on a man. The suspect immediately opened fire with a shotgun, killing Deputy Vann. The suspect fled the scene but was shot and killed by a posse four hours later.

Survivors

Deputy Vann was survived by his wife and children.

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137 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy Sheriff Vann served with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Birmingham community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL
Platform Identity jcso.jefferson.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 27, 1889
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Shotgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Robert is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1889, 46 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 142nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Robert was 34. 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
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When

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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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.

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His people

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has 24 officers remembered here, Robert among them.

Deputy Sheriff Robert King Vann

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch September 27, 1889

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 51-W

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