Officers Killed on This Day in History

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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 75

  • 9/11 related illness 2
  • Assault 2
  • Automobile crash 3
  • Bicycle accident 1
  • COVID19 4
  • Drowned 3
  • Explosion 1
  • Gunfire 38
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 3
  • Heart attack 3
  • Motorcycle crash 2
  • Stabbed 1
  • Struck by train 1
  • Struck by vehicle 6
  • Vehicle pursuit 1
  • Vehicular assault 4

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 3
  • Arizona 1
  • California 4
  • Colorado 2
  • Florida 4
  • Georgia 1
  • Guam 1
  • Illinois 3
  • Kansas 1
  • Kentucky 4
  • Maryland 2
  • Massachusetts 1
  • Michigan 2
  • Missouri 4
  • Nevada 1
  • New Jersey 2
  • New York 5
  • North Carolina 3
  • Ohio 2
  • Oklahoma 1
  • Panama Canal Zone 1
  • Pennsylvania 5
  • Puerto Rico 1
  • South Carolina 1
  • Tennessee 6
  • Texas 4
  • U.S. Government 2
  • Virginia 2
  • Washington 2
  • Wisconsin 1
  • Wyoming 3
Keeper James Gastin | Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Pennsylvania

Keeper James Gastin

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, PA

EOW: Thursday, October 31, 1844

Cause: Assault

Agent Bill Lakanen | Wyoming Department of Game and Fish, Wyoming
Wyoming Department of Game and Fish, Wyoming

Agent Bill Lakanen

Wyoming Department of Game and Fish, WY

EOW: Wednesday, October 31, 1945

Cause: Gunfire

Agent Don Simpson | Wyoming Department of Game and Fish, Wyoming
Wyoming Department of Game and Fish, Wyoming

Agent Don Simpson

Wyoming Department of Game and Fish, WY

EOW: Wednesday, October 31, 1945

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman George Myers | Warminster Township Police Department, Pennsylvania
Warminster Township Police Department, Pennsylvania

Patrolman George Myers

Warminster Township Police Department, PA

EOW: Thursday, October 31, 1946

Cause: Heart attack

Sheriff Raymond Warf | Letcher County Sheriff's Office, Kentucky
Letcher County Sheriff's Office, Kentucky

Sheriff Raymond Warf

Letcher County Sheriff's Office, KY

EOW: Saturday, October 31, 1970

Cause: Heart attack

Officer Thomas Crouch | Maryland Toll Facilities Police Department, Maryland
Maryland Toll Facilities Police Department, Maryland

Officer Thomas Crouch

Maryland Toll Facilities Police Department, MD

EOW: Thursday, October 31, 1991

Cause: Struck by vehicle

Inspector James Guida | New York City Police Department, New York
New York City Police Department, New York

Inspector James Guida

New York City Police Department, NY

EOW: Friday, October 31, 2014

Cause: 9/11 related illness