Houston Police Department
Senior Police Officer John David Wilbanks
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Cause: COVID19
Senior Police Officer William John Jeffrey
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Monday, September 20, 2021
Cause: Gunfire
Senior Police Officer Ernest Leal, Jr.
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, November 27, 2020
Cause: COVID19
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Monday, November 9, 2020
Cause: Gunfire
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Jason Michael Knox
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, May 2, 2020
Cause: Aircraft accident
Sergeant Christopher Charles Lewis Brewster
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, December 7, 2019
Cause: Gunfire
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, August 27, 2017
Cause: Drowned
Police Officer Richard K. Martin
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Monday, May 18, 2015
Cause: Vehicular assault
Police Officer Kevin Scott Will
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, May 29, 2011
Cause: Vehicular assault
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Cause: Automobile crash
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Timothy Scott Abernethy
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, December 7, 2008
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Gary Allen Gryder
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, June 29, 2008
Cause: Vehicular assault
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, September 21, 2006
Cause: Gunfire
Officer Reuben Becerra DeLeon, Jr.
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Frank Manuel Cantu, Jr.
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, March 25, 2004
Cause: Vehicular assault
Police Officer Charles Roy Clark
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, April 3, 2003
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Keith Alan Dees
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, March 7, 2002
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Police Officer Alberto Vasquez
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, May 22, 2001
Cause: Gunfire
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, January 10, 2001
Cause: Heart attack
Police Officer Jerry Keith Stowe
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, September 20, 2000
Cause: Assault
Police Officer Troy Alan Blando
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, May 19, 1999
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Cuong Huy "Tony" Trinh
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, April 6, 1997
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Dawn Suzanne Erickson
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, December 24, 1995
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Police Officer David Michael Healy
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, November 12, 1994
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Guy Patrick Gaddis
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Monday, January 31, 1994
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Michael Paul Roman
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, January 6, 1994
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Sergeant Bruno David Soboleski
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, April 12, 1991
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer John Anthony Salvaggio
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, November 25, 1990
Cause: Vehicular assault
Police Officer James Bruce Irby
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, June 27, 1990
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer James Charles Boswell
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, December 9, 1989
Cause: Gunfire
Officer Florentino Munoz Garcia, Jr.
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, November 10, 1989
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, July 20, 1988
Cause: Gunfire
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, February 18, 1988
Cause: Automobile crash
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, April 10, 1987
Cause: Vehicular assault
Houston Airport Police Department, TX
EOW: Monday, September 12, 1983
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer Charles Robert Coates, II
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, February 23, 1983
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Police Officer Kathleen Schaefer
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, August 18, 1982
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, July 13, 1982
Cause: Gunfire
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, April 28, 1982
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Winston James Rawlins
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Monday, March 29, 1982
Cause: Fire
Police Officer William Edwin "Ponce" DeLeon
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Monday, March 29, 1982
Cause: Vehicular assault
Police Officer Joseph Adolph "Jose" Zamarron
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, April 18, 1981
Cause: Vehicular assault
Detective Victor Ray Wells, III
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, October 2, 1980
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy City Marshal Charles H. Baker
Houston City Marshal's Office, TX
EOW: Thursday, August 16, 1979
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Timothy Lowe Hearn
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, June 8, 1978
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer James Fredrick Kilty
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, April 8, 1976
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer George Garza Rojas
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, January 28, 1976
Cause: Stabbed
Police Officer Richard Howard Calhoun
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, October 10, 1975
Cause: Gunfire
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, August 2, 1975
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Police Officer John Terrell Bamsch
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, January 30, 1975
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Jerry Lawrence Riley
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, June 18, 1974
Cause: Automobile crash
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, September 19, 1973
Cause: Gunfire
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, January 9, 1973
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Jerry Leon Spruill
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, October 26, 1972
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer David Franklin Noel
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, June 17, 1972
Cause: Stabbed
Police Officer Claude Ronald Beck
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, December 10, 1971
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Police Officer Robert Wayne Lee
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, January 31, 1971
Cause: Gunfire
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, January 31, 1970
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Kennith W. Moody
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, November 26, 1969
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Bobby Lee James
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, June 26, 1968
Cause: Vehicular assault
Police Officer Ben Eddie Gerhart
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, June 26, 1968
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Louis Raymond Kuba
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, May 17, 1967
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Louis Lyndon Sander
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, January 21, 1967
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Floyd Taylor DeLoach, Jr.
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, June 30, 1965
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Herbert N. Planer
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, February 18, 1965
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer James Franklin Willis
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, July 1, 1964
Cause: Automobile crash
Sergeant Charles Raymond McDaniel
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, August 4, 1963
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer James Thomas Walker
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, March 8, 1963
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Police Officer Gonzalo Q. Gonzalez
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, February 28, 1960
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer John Wesley Suttle
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, August 23, 1959
Cause: Struck by vehicle
Police Officer Claude Emmett Branon
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, March 20, 1959
Cause: Vehicular assault
Police Officer Noel Ray Miller
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, June 6, 1958
Cause: Gunfire
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, August 25, 1956
Cause: Gunfire
Auxiliary Officer Frank Leslie Kellogg
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, November 30, 1955
Cause: Gunfire
Captain Charles Raphael Gougenheim
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, April 30, 1955
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Jack Bill Beets
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, April 30, 1955
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Fred Maddox, Jr.
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, February 24, 1954
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Smith Anderson "Buster" Kent, Jr.
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, January 12, 1954
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Police Officer Howard Bee Hammond
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, August 18, 1946
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer George Dewey Edwards
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, June 30, 1939
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Marion Edward Palmer, Sr.
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, March 24, 1938
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Adolph Peter Martial
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Monday, November 8, 1937
Cause: Automobile crash
Police Officer James Thomas Gambill
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, December 1, 1936
Cause: Heart attack
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, March 9, 1935
Cause: Gunfire
Officer Harry Talcott Mereness
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, October 18, 1933
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, December 3, 1930
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, September 30, 1930
Cause: Gunfire
Officer Edward Davis Fitzgerald
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, September 20, 1930
Cause: Gunfire
Motorcycle Officer C. F. Thomas
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, December 17, 1929
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, June 22, 1929
Cause: Gunfire
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, June 17, 1928
Cause: Gunfire
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, July 30, 1927
Cause: Automobile crash
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, January 21, 1925
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer John Clark Etheridge
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, August 23, 1924
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Police Officer George Benard Crawford
Magnolia Park Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, September 17, 1921
Cause: Motorcycle crash
Police Officer David Duncan Murdock
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, June 28, 1921
Cause: Gunfire
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, June 19, 1921
Cause: Vehicular assault
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, February 19, 1921
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Daniel Ross Patton
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, September 8, 1917
Cause: Gunfire
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, August 23, 1917
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Horace Clifton Moody
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, August 23, 1917
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Edwin Gustav Meinecke
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, August 23, 1917
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer Rufus H. Daniels
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, August 23, 1917
Cause: Gunfire
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, May 24, 1914
Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, October 18, 1912
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer John Morris Cain
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, August 4, 1911
Cause: Gunfire
Deputy Chief of Police William E. Murphy
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Friday, April 1, 1910
Cause: Gunfire
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 1901
Cause: Gunfire
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, December 11, 1901
Cause: Gunfire
Police Officer William A. Weiss
Houston Police Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, July 30, 1901
Cause: Gunfire
Total Line of Duty Deaths: 119
- Aircraft accident 1
- Assault 1
- Automobile crash 10
- COVID19 2
- Drowned 1
- Fire 1
- Gunfire 71
- Gunfire (Inadvertent) 2
- Heart attack 2
- Motorcycle crash 9
- Stabbed 2
- Struck by vehicle 5
- Vehicle pursuit 1
- Vehicular assault 11
By Month
- January 12
- February 7
- March 11
- April 10
- May 9
- June 15
- July 5
- August 14
- September 10
- October 8
- November 8
- December 10
By Gender
- Male 116
- Female 3
K9 Line of Duty Deaths: 3
- Accidental 1
- Gunfire (Inadvertent) 1
- Heatstroke 1
Predecessor Agencies