Officer

Homer F. Hubbard

Tuscaloosa Police Department — Tuscaloosa, AL
Felonious
End of Watch May 10, 1952
Age 50
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Hubbard and Detective Foster King were shot and killed while searching for a suspect wanted for shooting another man earlier in the day. Both officers were shot as they approached a shack they believed the suspect was hiding in.

The suspect was convicted of both murders and executed on January 22, 1954.

The local Fraternal Order of Police Lodge, built in 1953, is named for King and Hubbard.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Hubbard served with the Tuscaloosa Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Tuscaloosa community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Hubbard.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL
Platform Identity tpd.tuscaloosa.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 10, 1952
Age 50
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Homer 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 1952, 71 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 100th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

Homer was 50. 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.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
III

When

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

By month
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.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Tuscaloosa Police Department has 12 officers remembered here, Homer among them.

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Where

Officer Homer F. Hubbard

Tuscaloosa Police Department · End of Watch May 10, 1952

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 34-W

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