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| Deputy Sheriff Mark Louis Stephenson
Atascosa County Sheriff's Department
Texas
End of Watch: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 Biographical Info
Age: 31
Tour of Duty: 9 years
Badge Number: 633 Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Tuesday, October 12, 1999
Weapon Used: Rifle; Semi-automatic
Suspect Info: Committed suicide Deputy Stephenson and two other officers were shot and killed when they were ambushed at a 911 hang-up call. Deputy Stephenson and Deputy Thomas Monse were the first officers on scene when they were shot with a semi-automatic rifle by the suspect, who was waiting in an ambush. Both deputies were still in their patrol car. After shooting the officers, the suspect took one of their handguns and hid in a ditch across a dirt road from the mobile home.
As Trooper Terry Miller pulled up he spotted the two slain deputies and radioed for backup but was shot and killed before he had a chance to take off his seat belt. Other officers who arrived on scene exchanged fire with the suspect. Two more officers and the suspect were shot and wounded before the suspect committed suicide with the stolen handgun.
An accomplice to the suspect who bailed him out of jail and helped him purchase ammunition in order to ambush the officers was sentenced to death in March 2001. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
