| Police Officer David Edward Marks
Oakland Police Department
California
End of Watch: Thursday, February 7, 1974 Biographical Info
Age: 26
Tour of Duty: 2 years
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Thursday, February 7, 1974
Weapon Used: Officer's handgun
Suspect Info: Apprehended Officers David Marks and David Branhan were shot and killed with Officer Marks' service weapon after a suspect gained control of it.
The officers had been dispatched to a middle school on a call that a disorderly person was on the school grounds and fighting with school staff. When the officers arrived they located the man and took him to a conference room. The man began to struggle with the two officers and gained control of Officer Marks' service weapon and shot them both. The man was later apprehended by other officers. Officer Marks had been a member of the Oakland Police Department for two years, and is survived by his mother. Related Line of Duty Deaths | 
