Since the establishment of the Mobile Police Department, there have been 20 Officers killed in the line of duty.
Rank
Name
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Age
Location
Officer
Edward McGrath Morris
04-01-1901
Succumbed to wounds sustained the day before while he and his partner attempted to arrest 2 escaped felons
52
In a rail yard in south Mobile, Alabama
Officer
Charles Haggerty
12-30-1903
Shot and killed while investigating a suspicious person
48
On Royal Street, in between Government Street and Conti Street
Officer
James J. Shaw
12-21-1924
Stabbed and killed while investigating a robbery at a local grocery store
25
N/A
Officer
Christopher M. Dean
01-22-1926
Shot and killed while investigating 4 suspicious men
56
N/A
Officer
W.F. "Happy" Murphy
10-18-1929
Shot and killed while on traffic stop with a speeding and stolen vehicle
28
On Broad Street, near Conti Street
Officer
Edward P. DeFord
10-31-1935
Succumbed to injuries sustained the day before after being shot while escorting non-union workers across picket lines during the Gulf Coast Longshoreman's strike
N/A
In the Port of Mobile, Alabama
Officer
Cody Bettis
08-03-1938
Struck and killed while on his motorcycle by a car that broke through a military convoy that was going through the city
N/A
N/A
Officer
Ollie Mason
06-15-1943
Shot and killed while on scene at a domestic complaint call
N/A
On South Hamilton Street
Officer
Pierce Lee "Rudy" Reeves
09-24-1944
Killed after his motorcycle struck an open manhole which threw him on the road
32
Intersection of Virginia Street and Tuttle Avenue
Officer
Earl Royce Williams
06-24-1968
Succumbed to injuries sustained on 06-21-1968 after being struck by a hit-and-run driver while directing traffic around an earlier crash
32
On the Cochrane Causeway
Police Officer
Joseph Pickens Brunson, Jr.
05-15-1975
Killed in a motorcycle crash after losing control and striking a mailbox
N/A
On Howell's Ferry Road
Patrolman
Henry Johnny Booth
08-14-1979
Shot and killed while serving a warrant; a fight began and the suspect got Booth's revolver and shot him
30
In the Plateau community of Mobile, Alabama
Corporal
Julius Norman Schulte
04-18-1985
Shot and killed during a domestic violence call involving a missing child
N/A
N/A
Officer
Douglas Emil Kountz, Jr.
05-02-1992
Killed in a car crash after hitting a power pole while responding to back-up an Officer
40
N/A
Corporal
Owen Patrick McClinton
12-13-1996
Struck and killed on his motorcycle by a hit-and-run driver while responding to a traffic assignment
36
Intersection of Government Street and Mohawk Street
Corporal
Rufus Earle Brown
03-23-1997
Succumbed to injuries sustained on 02-23-1993 after being beaten against the curb by a drunk man at Mardi Gras
53
Intersection of Government Street and South Dearborn Street
Corporal
Alan Matthew Thompson
02-12-2004
Succumbed to injuries sustained the day before after being struck by a vehicle while working the scene of an earlier crash
43
In the 4600 block of Spring Hill Avenue
Police Officer
Brandon Nykori Sigler
06-02-2009
Shot and killed while investigating a disorderly incident
26
In the parking lot of the Tyler Ridge Apartments on Thomas Road
Police Officer
Steven Caserlos Dion Green, Sr.
02-03-2012
Killed after being stabbed while walking a prisoner into the city jail
36
Outside the Mobile City Jail
Officer
Justin Taylor Billa
02-20-2018
Shot and killed after responding to help arrest a man who just killed his ex-wife
27
In the 2000 block of Avondale Court in Mobile, Alabama
Officer
Sean Tuder
01-20-2019
Shot and killed during a struggle with a violent suspect while working an undercover assignment.
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