Elias T. Mussett
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Elias T. Mussett

Corpus Christi Police Department — Corpus Christi, TX
Felonious
End of Watch May 6, 1892
Age 47
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Gender Male

Incident

Marshal Mussett was shot and killed by a fellow officer who had he verbally reprimanded for the way the other officer had handled a public disturbance the previous day. The officer who shot Marshal Mussett was convicted of his murder.

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134 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
City Marshal Mussett served with the Corpus Christi Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Corpus Christi community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX
Platform Identity ccpd.nueces.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 6, 1892
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Elias 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 1892, 81 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 82nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Elias was 47. 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.

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When

May holds 8% 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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

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His people

Corpus Christi Police Department has 16 officers remembered here, Elias among them.

City Marshal Elias T. Mussett

Corpus Christi Police Department · End of Watch May 6, 1892

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 29-W

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