Officers Killed on This Day in History

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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 60

  • Animal related 1
  • Assault 1
  • Automobile crash 4
  • COVID19 1
  • Duty related illness 2
  • Electrocuted 1
  • Fall 2
  • Gunfire 29
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 2
  • Heart attack 2
  • Motorcycle crash 6
  • Struck by train 4
  • Struck by vehicle 3
  • Vehicle pursuit 1
  • Vehicular assault 1

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 3
  • Arizona 1
  • California 3
  • Colorado 2
  • Connecticut 1
  • Florida 5
  • Georgia 1
  • Illinois 2
  • Indiana 1
  • Kansas 1
  • Kentucky 1
  • Louisiana 1
  • Maryland 3
  • Minnesota 1
  • Missouri 2
  • Nebraska 1
  • New Hampshire 1
  • New Jersey 4
  • New York 2
  • North Carolina 1
  • Ohio 2
  • Pennsylvania 4
  • Railroad Police 2
  • Tennessee 2
  • Texas 6
  • U.S. Government 3
  • Virginia 4

Patrolman John Dunn

New Orleans Police Department, LA

EOW: Wednesday, March 28, 1855

Cause: Gunfire

Marshal Wayne Magill

Georgetown Police Department, TX

EOW: Wednesday, March 28, 1945

Cause: Struck by vehicle

Guard George Garceau

Hillsborough County Department of Corrections, NH

EOW: Monday, March 28, 1960

Cause: Assault

Border Patrol Agent Luis A. Santiago

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US

EOW: Tuesday, March 28, 1995

Cause: Fall