Bio & Incident Details
Age: 27
Tour: 3 years
Badge # 212
Military veteran
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 8/19/1989
Weapon: Handgun
Suspect: Executed
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Officer Mark MacPhail was shot and killed while working an off duty security job at a bus station. He was shot when he responded to the cries of a homeless man who was being robbed and pistol-whipped.
The robber shot Officer MacPhail underneath his vest and then again in the head as he fell.
The subject was sentenced to death and executed on September 21, 2011, twenty-two years after his conviction.
Officer MacPhail was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Savannah Police Department for three years. He was survived by his wife, 1-year-old daughter, infant son, mother, and siblings.
