Officers Killed on This Day in History

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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 69

  • 9/11 related illness 2
  • Automobile crash 10
  • COVID19 1
  • Exposure to toxins 2
  • Fall 1
  • Fire 1
  • Gunfire 35
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 2
  • Heart attack 3
  • Motorcycle crash 3
  • Stabbed 1
  • Struck by vehicle 3
  • Vehicle pursuit 2
  • Vehicular assault 3

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 1
  • Alaska 1
  • Arizona 3
  • Arkansas 1
  • California 3
  • District of Columbia 1
  • Florida 6
  • Georgia 4
  • Idaho 1
  • Illinois 3
  • Indiana 1
  • Kansas 2
  • Kentucky 1
  • Maryland 1
  • Minnesota 2
  • Missouri 2
  • New Jersey 1
  • New York 5
  • North Carolina 2
  • Ohio 3
  • Oregon 1
  • Pennsylvania 1
  • Puerto Rico 1
  • Railroad Police 1
  • South Carolina 6
  • Tennessee 2
  • Texas 12
  • Virginia 1
Officer Otto G. Ostby | Minneapolis Police Department, Minnesota
Minneapolis Police Department, Minnesota

Officer Otto G. Ostby

Minneapolis Police Department, MN

EOW: Wednesday, May 19, 1915

Cause: Motorcycle crash

Corporal Robert D. Sadler | South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, South Carolina
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, South Carolina

Corporal Robert D. Sadler

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, SC

EOW: Wednesday, May 19, 1982

Cause: Automobile crash

Corporal Willie Dale Taylor | Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, Texas

Corporal Willie Dale Taylor

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, TX

EOW: Saturday, May 19, 1990

Cause: Automobile crash