Mack Summers
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Deputy Sheriff

Mack Summers

Felonious
End of Watch December 23, 1928
Age 39
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Summers was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a drunk person who was firing a gun. A citizen had contacted the deputy, who was at home, to inform him of the incident.

Deputy Summers had served with the agency for 7 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Summers gave the Perry County Sheriff's Office 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Hazard community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Summers.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Hazard, Perry County, KY
Platform Identity pcso.perry.ky.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 23, 1928
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Age 39
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Mack 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 1928, 201 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 13th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Mack was 39. 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. Mack had served 7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
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When

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Sundays: 15.2%.

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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
Weapons recorded
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His people

Perry County Sheriff's Office has 19 officers remembered here, Mack among them.

Deputy Sheriff Mack Summers

Perry County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch December 23, 1928

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 45-W

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