Gregory W. Spinelli
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Special Agent

Gregory W. Spinelli

Felonious
End of Watch March 15, 1973
Age 24
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Special Agent Gregory Spinelli was shot and killed in Charlotte, North Carolina, while attempted to arrest a bank robbery suspect. He and another agent were staking out a hotel room and attempting to make an arrest as two suspects left. One of the suspects was taken into custody but the other fled through a wooded area into a construction zone. As Agent Spinelli entered the rear entrance the suspect opened fire, fatally wounding him. The man, 34, was convicted and sentenced to life for the murder. He died on January 23, 1988, at the U.S. Medical Center for federal inmates in Springfield, Missouri. Agent Spinelli had served with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for one year.

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You barely got started.
Special Agent Spinelli gave the United States Department of Justice 1 year.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Spinelli.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch March 15, 1973
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 24
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Gregory 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 1973, 171 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 17th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Gregory was 24. 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. Gregory had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

March holds 7.5% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation has 89 officers remembered here, Gregory among them.

Across the years

Special Agent Gregory W. Spinelli

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation · End of Watch March 15, 1973

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 40-W

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