Officers Killed on This Day in History

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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 69

  • 9/11 related illness 1
  • Assault 3
  • Automobile crash 12
  • Bomb 9
  • COVID19 2
  • Drowned 1
  • Duty related illness 1
  • Fall 1
  • Gunfire 19
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 3
  • Heart attack 5
  • Motorcycle crash 2
  • Stabbed 2
  • Struck by vehicle 3
  • Vehicle pursuit 2
  • Vehicular assault 3

Total Deaths by State

  • Alaska 1
  • California 4
  • Connecticut 1
  • Florida 2
  • Georgia 1
  • Guam 1
  • Illinois 4
  • Iowa 1
  • Kansas 1
  • Kentucky 4
  • Louisiana 2
  • Maine 1
  • Maryland 1
  • Michigan 2
  • Mississippi 1
  • Missouri 4
  • Nebraska 1
  • New Jersey 2
  • New York 4
  • North Carolina 1
  • Ohio 2
  • Oklahoma 1
  • Pennsylvania 3
  • Railroad Police 1
  • Rhode Island 1
  • Texas 4
  • U.S. Government 4
  • Utah 1
  • Vermont 1
  • Virginia 2
  • Washington 1
  • Wisconsin 9
Sheriff Tom T. McGee | Hemphill County Sheriff's Department, Texas
Hemphill County Sheriff's Department, Texas

Sheriff Tom T. McGee

Hemphill County Sheriff's Department, TX

EOW: Saturday, November 24, 1894

Cause: Gunfire

Detective Jack W. Laicy | New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, Railroad Police

Detective Jack W. Laicy

New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department, RR

EOW: Saturday, November 24, 1923

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Jesse R. Crowe | Royal Oak City Police Department, Michigan
Royal Oak City Police Department, Michigan

Officer Jesse R. Crowe

Royal Oak City Police Department, MI

EOW: Tuesday, November 24, 1931

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Special Agent Albert L. Ingle | United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Government
United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Government

Special Agent Albert L. Ingle

United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, US

EOW: Tuesday, November 24, 1931

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Guard Zoeth C. Skaggs | Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois
Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois

Guard Zoeth C. Skaggs

Illinois Department of Corrections, IL

EOW: Friday, November 24, 1944

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)