Marc Atkinson

 Agency: Phoenix Police Department
    
State: Arizona
  
End of Watch:03/26/1999
    
Title/Rank: Officer
    
Age:28
  
Cause of Death: Gunshot
  
Information: Information: On March 26, 1999, Officer Marc T. Atkinson #5930 began following a suspicious vehicle, occupied by three suspects in the area of 31st Ave and Thomas Road. The driver lured Officer Atkinson into an industrial area at 30th Ave and Catlina Drive where he was ambushed by gunfire and killed. A citizen who witnessed the incident engaged the suspects in a gunfight with his own weapon, seriously wounding one. The other two fled, but were arrested later.