Chief of Police

Marshall Bagby

Mounds Police Department — Mounds, IL
Felonious
End of Watch July 24, 1925
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident

Chief of Police Marshall Bagby was shot and killed while investigating a previous shooting.

The subject who shot him was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief of Police Bagby served with the Mounds Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Mounds community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Bagby.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Mounds, Pulaski County, IL
Platform Identity mpd.pulaski.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 24, 1925
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Marshall 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 1925, 208 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 11th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Marshall was 26. 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.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

July holds 9.3% 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

Mounds Police Department has 2 officers remembered here, Marshall among them.

Chief of Police Marshall Bagby

Mounds Police Department · End of Watch July 24, 1925

Where the Name Is Cut

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