Officer Neill A. Yarborough, Sr., Louisiana State Police, Louisiana

Officer Neill A. Yarborough, Sr.

Louisiana State Police, Louisiana

End of Watch Wednesday, February 25, 1925

Neill A. Yarborough, Sr.

Officer Neill Yarborough was shot and killed after he and other officer went to arrest a fugitive. Officer Yarborough responded to a house that the suspect was known to be in. Officer Yarborough covered the back door of the house as the other officers entered the front. The suspect fled to the rear of the house and shot and killed Officer Yarborough as he escaped. The suspect was arrested a short time later. He was shot twice by deputies while trying to flee, then lynched and riddled with bullets by a mob before deputies could drive him to jail.

Officer Yarborough was a Mason and was survived by his son. He is buried in the Yarborough Family Plot at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Bio

Age 32
Tour Not available
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Handgun; .45 caliber
Offender Lynched and shot by an angry mob

Most Recent Reflection

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Your heroism and service is honored today, the 87th anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Rest In Peace.

Phyllis Loya
Mom of fallen California Officer Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD, eow 4/24/05

February 25, 2012