Officers Killed on This Day in History

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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 91

  • 9/11 related illness 1
  • Aircraft accident 3
  • Assault 3
  • Automobile crash 8
  • COVID19 3
  • Electrocuted 1
  • Fall 1
  • Gunfire 45
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 3
  • Heart attack 5
  • Hypothermia 1
  • Motorcycle crash 8
  • Stabbed 3
  • Struck by vehicle 2
  • Vehicle pursuit 3
  • Vehicular assault 1

Total Deaths by State

  • Arizona 4
  • Arkansas 2
  • California 10
  • District of Columbia 1
  • Florida 3
  • Georgia 5
  • Illinois 4
  • Indiana 4
  • Kentucky 1
  • Louisiana 2
  • Maryland 2
  • Massachusetts 1
  • Michigan 2
  • Minnesota 1
  • Missouri 4
  • New York 4
  • Ohio 4
  • Oklahoma 1
  • Oregon 2
  • Pennsylvania 5
  • Puerto Rico 1
  • South Carolina 4
  • South Dakota 1
  • Tennessee 2
  • Texas 9
  • U.S. Government 5
  • Virginia 4
  • Washington 1
  • Wisconsin 2
Officer Leroy Wood | Dallas Police Department, Texas
Dallas Police Department, Texas

Officer Leroy Wood

Dallas Police Department, TX

EOW: Tuesday, February 7, 1922

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Sheriff John H. Peper | Boone County Sheriff's Office, Indiana
Boone County Sheriff's Office, Indiana

Sheriff John H. Peper

Boone County Sheriff's Office, IN

EOW: Thursday, February 7, 1935

Cause: Automobile crash

Park Ranger Ronald Van Trussell | United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service, U.S. Government
United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service, U.S. Government

Park Ranger Ronald Van Trussell

United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service, US

EOW: Wednesday, February 7, 1973

Cause: Aircraft accident

Officer Cesar Dangaran Sibonga | United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations, U.S. Government
United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations, U.S. Government

Officer Cesar Dangaran Sibonga

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

EOW: Sunday, February 7, 2021

Cause: COVID19