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Lafayette Shadley
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Deputy U.S. Marshal

Lafayette Shadley

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service — Washington, DC
Felonious
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End of Watch September 3, 1893
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 312

Incident

Deputy Marshal Lafe Shadley, Deputy Marshal Thomas Hueston and Deputy Marshal Richard Speed were shot and killed during a gunfight with a group of seven outlaws in Ingalls, Oklahoma Territory (modern day Oklahoma). The marshals had gone to the town in search of the outlaws, who were wanted for the murder of Marshal Charles Connelly, of the Coffeyville, Kansas, Police Department, and encountered one of them on horseback. The suspect and a marshal immediately exchanged gunfire and the suspect was wounded. A second suspect, who was in a nearby hotel, began shooting at officers from the rooftop with a Winchester rifle. During the course of the shootout the suspect shot and killed all three marshals from his vantage point. The suspect was eventually apprehended, served time, and was then released. The man was later shot and killed by police during a separate shootout. Deputy Marshal Shadley is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas.

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133 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Shadley served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service
Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usms.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 3, 1893
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Rifle

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Lafayette 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 1893, 76 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 92nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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When

September holds 9.1% 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 rifle, in 5.9% of these deaths.

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His people

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

Across the years

Deputy U.S. Marshal Lafayette Shadley

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch September 3, 1893

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 11-E

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