Police Officer Marc Todd Atkinson, Phoenix Police Department, Arizona

Police Officer Marc Todd Atkinson

Phoenix Police Department, Arizona

End of Watch Friday, March 26, 1999

Marc Todd Atkinson

Officer Marc Atkinson was shot and killed after being ambushed by suspected drug traffickers.

Officer Atkinson was driving a marked patrol car while following the suspects, who turned a corner, stopped their vehicle, and waited for him at 3000 N. 30th Street. As he turned the corner, the three suspects opened fire, striking him twice in the head, killing him. A citizen who witnessed the incident engaged the suspects in a gunfight with his own weapon, seriously wounding one. The other two suspects fled but were later arrested.

Officer Atkinson, a law enforcement officer of five years and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in Operation Desert Storm, is survived by his wife and six-month-old child.

Bio

Age 28
Tour 5 years
Badge 5930

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Handgun
Offender Three suspects arrested

narcotics, ambushed

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IN LIGHT OF CURRENT EVENTS SURROUNDING OUR SOUTHERN BORDER, YOUR MEMORY ALWAYS COMES BACK TO ME. MARK WORKED OFF DUTY SECURITY AT THE STORE WHERE I WAS EMPLOYED. I REMEMBER HIM AS GOOD HUMORED AND ALWAYS SMILING. THE PROBLEM WITH OPEN BORDERS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME....TOO MANY GOOD CITIZENS PAYING A TERRIBLE PRICE FOR POLITICAL REASONS.

RUSS E KADING

January 18, 2019