Marshal Michael Allen Keathley - West Police Dept. - TX - True Life Hero

Michael Allen Keathley
- Sep. 03, 2021 -

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West Police Dept. Patch

Resided:	Hallsburg TX, USA
Born:	Sep. 30, 1957
Fallen:	Sep. 03, 2021
Race/Sex:	Caucasian Male / 63 yrs. of age
	Agency
Dept:	West Police Dept. - TX 110 N Reagan St West, TX 76691 USA (254)826-5311
County:	McLennan
Dept. Type:	Municipal/Police
Hero's Rank:	Marshal
Sworn Date:	Unk
FBI Class:	Death - Biological
Weapon Class:	COVID-19
Agency URL:	Click Here
Badge:	208
On The Job:	22 years

Bio: Mike Keathley was born in San Antonio, Tx to Rudolph and Gertrude Keathley.

After graduating high school, he joined the U.S. Navy and traveled the world. After 4 years of service Mike was honorably discharged where he went onto follow his dream of becoming a police officer. While working in Navasota, Tx he met his wife Tina Parker and they were married on December 7, 1984 in Anderson, Tx.

For twenty-two years, Mike was employed as a police officer. For the last six years of Mike�s career he served in West, Tx becoming the city Marshal among other duties. He loved working with the people of West and being apart of their community.

In his off-time Mike enjoyed spending time with his family, camping, playing with his dogs, and working on computers.

Survived by:

Tina - Wife
and three daughters

Fatal Incident Summary

Offender:	No Info
Location:	TX USA Mon. Aug. 09, 2021
Summary:	City Marshal Michael Keathley died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty. ==================================================================== COVID-19, a flu-like virus, originated in Wuhan, China. Worth a mention, the Chinese Government had a biological research facility in that very province. At this point, it was widely held that COVID-19 was a bat-coronavirus and the first case was discovered in Wuhan in Oct. 2019. On Dec. 31, 2019, Chinese authorities alerted the World Health Organization of pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, Hubei province, China, with an unknown cause. Jan 7, 2020 Chinese authorities identify a new type of coronavirus (called novel coronavirus or nCoV). Despite deaths and an entire Chinese Province(Hubei) quarantined by the Chinese Government, the World Health Organization(WHO) simply declares a global public-health emergency. Despite this serious understatement, on January 31st, President Trump bans foreign nationals from entering the US if they were in China within the prior two weeks. Despite a large public outcry of racism, this move likely saved 1000's of American lives, it would later be deemed. After a full blown global infection, and an entire country being declared on 'Lockdown'(Italy), on March 11th, WHO declared the outbreak a pandemic. This same day, President Trump bans all travel from 26 European countries. On Mar. 13th, a US national emergency is declared over the novel coronavirus outbreak. On Mar. 23rd, New York City confirms 21,000 cases, making it the biggest epicenter of the outbreak in the US. On Mar. 31, more than 1/3 of humanity is under some form of lockdown. On Apr. 2nd, the world passes one million COVID-19 infections. On April 7th, roughly 95% of all Americans are under lockdown, as 42 states issue stay-at-home orders. The entire American economy has ground to a halt. Congress passed laws awarding trillions in grants, loans and other types of assistance to the American working population and businesses.
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Last Updated: Sep. 23, 2021