Officers Killed on This Day in History

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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 59

  • Aircraft accident 1
  • Assault 1
  • Automobile crash 6
  • Bomb 1
  • COVID19 2
  • Drowned 1
  • Fire 1
  • Gunfire 34
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 1
  • Heart attack 1
  • Motorcycle crash 5
  • Struck by vehicle 3
  • Vehicular assault 2

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 1
  • California 8
  • District of Columbia 1
  • Florida 2
  • Georgia 3
  • Illinois 2
  • Iowa 1
  • Kentucky 2
  • Maryland 1
  • Massachusetts 1
  • Michigan 1
  • Missouri 1
  • Nebraska 1
  • New York 3
  • North Carolina 1
  • North Dakota 1
  • Ohio 3
  • Oklahoma 1
  • Pennsylvania 1
  • Puerto Rico 1
  • Railroad Police 1
  • South Carolina 1
  • Tennessee 1
  • Texas 10
  • U.S. Government 6
  • Utah 1
  • Virginia 2
  • Wyoming 1

Special Agent Jaime Jorge Zapata

United States Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Homeland Security Investigations, US

EOW: Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Cause: Gunfire

Special Agent David John Hoefler

United States Department of Transportation - Office of Inspector General, US

EOW: Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Cause: Heart attack

Officer Genaro Guerrero

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

EOW: Monday, February 15, 2021

Cause: COVID19