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Sergeant

Rasheen Phillipe McClain

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI

Felonious

End of Watch November 20, 2019

Age 46

Tour of Duty 16 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 249

Incident

Sergeant Rasheen McClain was shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call in which a woman’s boyfriend had broken into her home and threatened the occupants with a firearm.

When responding officers arrived on the scene, they encountered the victims outside. They informed Sergeant McClain that the man was inside the home and armed. Sergeant McClain and other officers began clearing the home to locate the subject. They had cleared the main level and the second floor before beginning to clear the basement.

As they made their way down the basement stairs, the man emerged at the bottom and opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle, striking Sergeant McClain in the neck and another officer in the leg. The subject was wounded by additional officers after running outside the home. He was taken into custody one block away as he attempted to flee on foot.

In January of 2011, the suspect, then 20, shot his 19-year-old girlfriend in the shoulder. He was sent to prison and paroled in March of 2019. The suspect was charged with 16 felonies, including first-degree murder. On May 17, 2021, he was charged with the murder of two men; one on November 17, 2019, and the other the next day, both killed in Detroit. In 2023, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 46-60 years in prison.

Sergeant McClain had served with the Detroit Police Department for 16 years and was assigned to the 12th Precinct.

Survivors

Survivors include his wife and three stepchildren.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant McClain gave the Detroit Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant McClain.

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

Agency

Department Detroit Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 20, 2019

Tour of Duty 16 yrs

Age 46

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Rifle

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Rasheen 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 2019, 64 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 117th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Rasheen was 46. 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. Rasheen had served 16 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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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 rifle, in 5.9% of these deaths.

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