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Pittsburgh Police Department
Pittsburgh, PA

Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPolice Officer John F. (Benjamin) Evans
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, August 4, 1885
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAOfficer George C. Woods
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Monday, September 6, 1886
Cause of Death: Fall
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PALieutenant John A. Berry
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, February 9, 1898
Cause of Death: Fire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Charles Metzgar
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, May 11, 1898
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAOfficer William Scanlon
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Friday, July 8, 1898
Cause of Death: Assault
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PADetective Patrick E. Fitzgerald
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Friday, April 12, 1901
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman James H. Sheehy
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Sunday, May 18, 1902
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Andrew J. Kelly
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Sunday, October 4, 1903
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Casper Mayer
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Friday, April 1, 1904
Cause of Death: Electrocuted
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAWagonman George M. Cochran
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Sunday, November 13, 1904
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman James Farrell
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Saturday, October 24, 1908
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman William Walsh
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Friday, November 5, 1909
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Michael Grab
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, March 3, 1914
Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman George H. Shearer
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, May 12, 1914
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Charles H. Edinger
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, June 6, 1917
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPoliceman Thomas Patrick Farrell
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Saturday, March 2, 1918
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PADetective Peter K. Tsaruas
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, November 2, 1920
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Edward G. Couch
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Monday, October 30, 1922
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Daniel J. Conley
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Saturday, December 30, 1922
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Casper T. Schmotzer
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, January 23, 1923
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman John J. Rudolph
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, April 3, 1923
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Joseph Jovanovic
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Monday, July 7, 1924
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Joseph J. Riley
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Sunday, August 3, 1924
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Robert J. Galloway
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, August 26, 1924
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Samuel McGreevy
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Sunday, October 5, 1924
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PALieutenant Albert Bert Burris
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, June 30, 1925
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Charles S. Cooper Jr.
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Monday, August 17, 1925
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman James F. Farrell
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, July 6, 1927
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Ralph P. Gentile
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Thursday, November 1, 1928
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman John J. Schemm
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Friday, December 21, 1928
Cause of Death: Fall
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Stephen Janadea
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, July 16, 1929
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman William Johnson
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, October 23, 1929
Cause of Death: Unidentified
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman James Hughes
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Friday, December 27, 1929
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Orrage N. Murray
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, June 25, 1930
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Joseph J. Beran
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, January 28, 1931
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman George J. Sallade
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Thursday, October 5, 1933
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Roy W. Freiss
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Sunday, February 3, 1935
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Robert L. Kosmal
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Saturday, August 17, 1935
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAInspector Albert L. Jacks
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Friday, April 17, 1936
Cause of Death: Duty related illness
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Charles M. Snyder
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Monday, January 25, 1937
Cause of Death: Drowned
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman George A. Kelly
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Friday, February 12, 1937
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Edward M. Conway
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, June 27, 1939
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Anthony E. Rahe
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Monday, August 7, 1939
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Toby Brown
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Saturday, August 23, 1941
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Louis G. Spencer
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, December 24, 1946
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PALieutenant William J. (Jack) Lavery
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, August 5, 1947
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman William P. Ewing
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Saturday, February 7, 1953
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Edward V. Tierney
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, July 28, 1953
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman William H. Heagy
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Thursday, March 25, 1954
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PADetective James R. Kelly
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Friday, June 3, 1955
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman James V. Timpona
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Thursday, October 16, 1958
Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Coleman Regis McDonough
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Monday, July 5, 1965
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman Joseph Francis Gaetano
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Friday, June 10, 1966
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman John Leslie Scott
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, October 14, 1970
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman William J. Otis
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, March 3, 1971
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPolice Officer Patrick J. Wallace
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, July 3, 1974
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPatrolman David A. Barr
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Tuesday, May 3, 1983
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PADetective Norman A. Stewart
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Friday, September 16, 1983
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PASergeant James T. Blair
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Monday, November 26, 1990
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPolice Officer Thomas L. Herron
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, March 6, 1991
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPolice Officer Joseph J. Grill
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Wednesday, March 6, 1991
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PASergeant James Henry Taylor Jr.
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Friday, September 22, 1995
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPolice Officer Eric Guy Kelly
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Saturday, April 4, 2009
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPolice Officer Paul John Rizzo Domenic Sciullo II
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Saturday, April 4, 2009
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Pittsburgh Police Department, PAPolice Officer Stephen James Mayhle
Pittsburgh Police Department, PA
EOW: Saturday, April 4, 2009
Cause of Death: Gunfire


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 65

Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 4
Drowned: 1
Duty related illness: 1
Electrocuted: 1
Fall: 2
Fire: 1
Gunfire: 31
Gunfire (Accidental): 4
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 8
Struck by streetcar: 2
Struck by vehicle: 3
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 3

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