Officers Killed on This Day in History

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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 72

  • 9/11 related illness 1
  • Assault 4
  • Automobile crash 11
  • COVID19 5
  • Drowned 1
  • Duty related illness 1
  • Fall 1
  • Gunfire 29
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 2
  • Heart attack 2
  • Motorcycle crash 1
  • Stabbed 2
  • Struck by train 4
  • Struck by vehicle 5
  • Vehicle pursuit 2
  • Vehicular assault 1

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 1
  • Arkansas 1
  • California 3
  • Colorado 1
  • District of Columbia 1
  • Florida 4
  • Georgia 4
  • Illinois 6
  • Indiana 2
  • Kentucky 3
  • Maine 1
  • Maryland 1
  • Massachusetts 1
  • Michigan 1
  • Montana 1
  • Nevada 1
  • New Jersey 3
  • New York 8
  • North Carolina 2
  • Ohio 3
  • Oklahoma 1
  • Pennsylvania 4
  • Rhode Island 1
  • South Carolina 2
  • Tennessee 2
  • Texas 6
  • U.S. Government 4
  • Virgin Islands 1
  • Washington 3
Warden Solon Tenney | Massachusetts Department of Correction, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Department of Correction, Massachusetts

Warden Solon Tenney

Massachusetts Department of Correction, MA

EOW: Monday, December 29, 1856

Cause: Stabbed

Constable Samuel B. Teas | Caldwell County Constable's Office - Precinct 1, Texas
Caldwell County Constable's Office - Precinct 1, Texas

Constable Samuel B. Teas

Caldwell County Constable's Office - Precinct 1, TX

EOW: Sunday, December 29, 1907

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Sergeant Bruce Owens | Rhea County Sheriff's Department, Tennessee
Rhea County Sheriff's Department, Tennessee

Sergeant Bruce Owens

Rhea County Sheriff's Department, TN

EOW: Thursday, December 29, 1994

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Darrell Jean Windhaus | United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations, U.S. Government
United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations, U.S. Government

Officer Darrell Jean Windhaus

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations, US

EOW: Sunday, December 29, 2013

Cause: Heart attack