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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

Stacked bar chart of U.S. law enforcement deaths in the line of duty from 1791 through 2020. General cause of death shown by color.[1]

This is a list of U.S. law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Summaries of the overall casualty figures, by year, are also provided.

Overview by year

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According to the FBI, which publishes the data in the Uniform Crime Reports, from 1980 to 2014, an average of 64 law enforcement officers who were killed in felonious acts per year. Those killed in accidents in the line of duty are not included in that number.[2]

2010
The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 181 deaths in the line of duty.[3] The average from 1990 to 2010 was 164 per year.[4]
2011
The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 191 deaths in the line of duty.[5] The FBI reported that in 2011, "69 law enforcement officers from around the nation were killed in the line of duty, while another 53 officers died in accidents while performing their duties."[6] (released November 19, 2012) NBC News reported 165 dead.[7]
2012
The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 145 deaths in the line of duty.[8] For 2012, the FBI records 49 deaths in the line of duty.[9] The FBI Fund counted 49 federal, state and local officers to have been killed in 2012.
2013
The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 137 deaths in the line of duty.[10] The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 102 federal, state and local officers to have been killed in 2012.[11] The official count from the FBI is that 27 law enforcement officers were 'feloniously' killed in the line of duty in 2013 (the lowest in a 35-year period 1980–2014), and an additional 49 died in accidents (total: 76).[2][12]
2014
The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 165 deaths in the line of duty.[13] The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 126 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers killed.[14] The preliminary count from the FBI is that 51 law enforcement officers were 'feloniously' killed in the line of duty in 2014, and an additional 44 died in accidents (total: 95).[12]
2015
The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 168 deaths in the line of duty.[15] The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 124 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers killed. Forty-two officers were shot and killed and 52 officers were killed in traffic-related incidents.[16]
2016
The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 182 deaths in the line of duty.[17] The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 135 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers killed. Sixty-four officers were shot and killed and 21 were ambushed.[18]
2017
The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 190 deaths in the line of duty.[19] The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 128 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers killed. Fatalities decreased more than 10 percent with traffic-related fatalities the leading cause this year.[20] Firearms-related fatalities were the second-leading cause of officer deaths, with 44 officers shot and killed in 2017. This represents a 33 percent decrease from the 66 officers killed in firearm-related incidents during 2016.[21]
2018
The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 192 deaths in the line of duty.[22] The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 144 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers killed. The FBI, however, reported 106 deaths in the line of duty.[23] Firearms-related fatalities were the leading cause of officer deaths for the year.[24]
2019
The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 172 deaths in the line of duty.[25] The leading cause of death for 2019 was gunfire at 49 deaths followed by 9/11-related cancers at 24 deaths. The state with the highest number of line-of-duty deaths was New York with 25 followed by Texas with 18.
2020
The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 461 deaths in the line of duty.[26] The leading cause of death for 2020 was COVID-19 at 281 deaths followed by gunfire at 46 deaths and 9/11-related cancers with 35 deaths. The state with the largest number of line-of-duty deaths was Texas with 78 followed by New York with 43.
2021
The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 725 deaths in the line of duty.[27] The leading cause of death for 2021 was COVID-19 at 454 deaths followed by gunfire at 64 deaths. Fifty-eight officers died in vehicle-related deaths (vehicular homicide, struck by vehicle while on-duty, automobile crash during pursuit). The state with the highest number of line-of-duty deaths was Texas with 107 followed by Florida with 60.
2022
The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 284 deaths in the line of duty.[28] The leading cause of death for 2022 was COVID-19 at 74 deaths followed by gunfire at 60 deaths. The state with the highest number of line-of-duty deaths was Texas with 32.
2023
The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 167 deaths in the line of duty.[29]
2024
The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 167 deaths in the line of duty.[30]
2025
The Officer Down Memorial Page reported 104 deaths in the line of duty, including West Virginia National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom, who was participating in the deployment of federal law enforcement and National Guard forces to Washington, D.C. when she was shot on November 26 and died a day later.[31][32]

Lists of officers killed

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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

This list does not include deaths due to the September 11 attacks, unless the officers were notable people. All law enforcement officers listed here were either notable people, or died as a result of notable events.

1940s and earlier

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Date Name Department Location State/territory Cause of death
January 3, 1791 Darius Quimby Albany County Constable's Office Albany County New York Stabbing[33]
April 29, 1853 Rodney Badger Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office Salt Lake County Utah Drowned[34]
May 4, 1868 Mathias Degan Chicago Police Department Chicago Illinois Bombing (Haymarket affair)[35]
George Muller Gunfire (Haymarket affair)[35]
John Barrett
May 8, 1868 Timothy Flavin Bombing (Haymarket affair)[35]
May 9, 1868 Michael Sheehan Gunfire (Haymarket affair)[35]
May 14, 1868 Nels Hansen Bombing (Haymarket affair)[35]
May 16, 1868 Thomas Redden Gunfire; bombing (Haymarket affair)[35]
April 1, 1878 William J. Brady Lincoln County Sheriff's Department Lincoln New Mexico Gunfire[36][37]
October 30, 1880 Fred White Tombstone Marshal's Office Tombstone Arizona Gunfire (Accidental)[38]
October 16, 1890 David Hennessy New Orleans Police Department New Orleans Louisiana Gunfire[39]
June 13, 1888 Timothy Sullivan Chicago Police Department Chicago Illinois Gunfire (Haymarket affair; long-term injuries)[35]
September 1, 1893 Richard Speed United States Marshals Service Ingalls Oklahoma Gunfire (Battle of Ingalls)[40]
September 2, 1893 Thomas Hueston
September 3, 1893 Lafayette Shadley
April 6, 1902 Bob Wallace Colbert County Sheriff's Office Tuscumbia Alabama Gunfire (Will Reynolds)[41]
Pat Prout
James Payne
William Gassaway
Charles Gassaway
Jesse Davis
July 5, 1905 Guy Bradley Monroe County Sheriff's Office Flamingo Florida Gunfire[42]
September 27, 1915 Harry Minto Oregon Department of Corrections Marion County Oregon Gunfire[43]
July 30, 1916 Joseph Leyden Lehigh Valley Railroad Police Department Jersey City New Jersey Explosion (Sabotage; Black Tom explosion)[44]
James Doherty Jersey City Police Department
November 5, 1916 Jefferson Beard Snohomish County Sheriff's Office Everett Washington Gunfire (Everett massacre)[45]
Charles Curtiss Snohomish County Sheriff's Office
August 6, 1917 Robert H. Holmes New York City Police Department New York City New York Gunfire[46]
November 24, 1917 Paul Weiler Milwaukee Police Department Milwaukee Wisconsin Bombing (Milwaukee Police Department bombing)[47]
Al Templin
Stephen Stecker
Edward Spindler
Charles Seehawer
David O'Brien
Fred Kaiser
Henry Deckert
Frank Caswin
August 28, 1921 George Duling West Virginia State Police Logan County West Virginia Gunfire (Accidental; Battle of Blair Mountain)[48][49]
August 31, 1921 George Munzy Logan County Sheriff's Office Gunfire (Battle of Blair Mountain)[50][51]
John Gore
John Caffago
December 18, 1922 Charles Linton Federal Reserve Police Denver Colorado Gunfire (Denver Mint robbery)[52]
July 2, 1931 Harry C. Beasley Newark Police Department Newark Ohio Gunfire[53]
January 2, 1932 Tony Oliver Springfield Police Department Republic Missouri Gunfire (Young Brothers massacre)[54]
Albert Meadows
Wiley Marshburn Greene County Sheriff's Office
Charles Houser Springfield Police Department
Marcell Hendrix Greene County Sheriff's Office
Ollie Crosswhite
June 17, 1933 Orin Reed McAlester Police Department Kansas City Gunfire (Kansas City massacre)[55]
Frank Hermanson Kansas City Police Department
William Grooms
Raymond Caffrey Federal Bureau of Investigation
August 5, 1933 Fred Beell Marshfield Police Department Marshfield Wisconsin Gunfire[56]
November 27, 1934 Herman Hollis Federal Bureau of Investigation Barrington Illinois Gunfire (The Battle of Barrington)[57][58]
November 28, 1934 Samuel P. Cowley
April 30, 1936 Oran Pape Iowa State Patrol Muscatine County Iowa Gunfire[59]
April 19, 1940 Humphrey See New York Central Railroad Police Department Little Falls New York Train accident (Little Falls Gulf Curve crash of 1940)[60]
January 16, 1947 Frederick Ferdinand Moore Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Los Angeles California Gunfire[61]
January 28, 1948 Frank Chaffin United States Immigration and Naturalization Service San Benito County California Aircraft accident (1948 Los Gatos DC-3 crash)[62]
November 6, 1948 Ellery Purnsley Chester City Police Department Chester Pennsylvania Gunfire (Market Street Massacre)[63]

1950s

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Date Name Department Location State/territory Cause of death
October 30, 1950 Ramon Villanueva-Moro Puerto Rico Police Bureau N/a Puerto Rico Gunfire (Jayuya Uprising)[64]
Ramon Robles-Castillo N/a
Dionisio Rivera-Yolistruck N/a
Luis Rivera-Cardona N/a
Aurelio Miranda-Rivera N/a
Jesus Feliciano-Rivera N/a
Virgilio Camacho-Reyes N/a
November 1, 1950 Leslie Coffelt White House Police Force Washington District of Columbia Gunfire[65]
March 21, 1952 Oliver Williamson Tennessee Highway Patrol Haywood County Tennessee Tornado (Tornado outbreak of March 21–22, 1952)[66]
July 26, 1952 Joseph Brock Federal Bureau of Investigation New York City New York Gunfire (Gerhard Puff)[67]
November 22, 1952 Eugene Smith Air Force Office of Special Investigations Chugach Census Area Alaska Aircraft accident (1952 Mount Gannett C-124 crash)[68]
August 31, 1954 Daniel O'Brien Rhode Island State Police South Kingstown Rhode Island Drowned (Hurricane Carol)[69]
August 19, 1955 Charles Yodkins Farmington Police Department Farmington Connecticut Drowned (Hurricane Diane)[70][71]
Billie Ellis Princeton Township Police Department Princeton New Jersey
December 24, 1955 John Talley Sutter County Sheriff's Office Yuba City California Drowned (1955 Yuba–Sutter floods)[72]
Charles Blackburn
January 25, 1956 Lyons Kelliher Chicago Police Department Chicago Illinois Gunfire[73]

1960s

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Date Name Department Location State/territory Cause of death
November 22, 1963 J. D. Tippit Dallas Police Department Dallas Texas Gunfire[74]
June 2, 1965 David Rogers Washington Parish Sheriff's Office Varnado Louisiana Gunfire (Murder of Oneal Moore)[75]
Oneal Moore
July 5, 1965 Coley McDonough Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Gunfire[76]
August 13, 1965 Ronald Ludlow Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Los Angeles California Gunfire (Watts riots)[77]
May 17, 1966 Terry Anderson Federal Bureau of Investigation Huntingdon County Pennsylvania Gunfire (Kidnapping of Peggy Ann Bradnick)[78]
August 1, 1966 Billy Speed Austin Police Department Austin Texas Gunfire (University of Texas tower shooting)[79]
June 17, 1967 Theodore Newton Jr. United States Border Patrol Riverside County California Gunfire (Murders of Theodore L. Newton Jr. and George F. Azrak)[80]
George Azrak
July 14, 1967 Frederick Toto Newark Police Department Newark New Jersey Gunfire (1967 Newark riots)[81]
July 16, 1967 John Gleason Plainfield Police Department Plainfield Unarmed assault (1967 Plainfield riots)[82]
July 25, 1967 Jerome Olshove Detroit Police Department Detroit Michigan Gunfire (Friendly fire; 1967 Detroit riot)[83]
July 31, 1967 Bryan Moschea Milwaukee Police Department Milwaukee Wisconsin Gunfire (1967 Milwaukee riot)[84]
January 16, 1968 Thomas Johnson Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Nashville Tennessee Gunfire (Charles Lee Herron)[85]
March 17, 1968 Charles Thomasson
July 23, 1968 Willard Wolff Cleveland Division of Police Cleveland Ohio Gunfire (Glenville shootout)[86]
Leroy Jones
Louis Golonka
January 8, 1969 Edwin Woodriffe Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington District of Columbia Gunfire (Murders of Anthony Palmisano and Edwin R. Woodriffe)[87]
Anthony Palmisano
August 1, 1969 Henry Schaad York City Police Department York Pennsylvania Gunfire (1969 York race riot)[88]

1970s

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Date Name Department Location State/territory Cause of death
February 18, 1970 Brian McDonnell San Francisco Police Department San Francisco California Bombing (San Francisco Police Department Park Station bombing)[89]
April 5, 1970 Roger Gore California Highway Patrol Los Angeles County Gunfire (Newhall incident)[90]
Walter Frago
April 6, 1970 James Pence
George Alleyn
June 12, 1970 William Brandt Missouri State Highway Patrol Macon County Missouri Tornado (Tornado outbreak sequence of June 10–16, 1970)[91]
August 17, 1970 Larry Minard Omaha Police Department Omaha Nebraska Bombing (Rice–Poindexter case)[92]
September 5, 1970 Gilbert Duthie Arizona Department of Public Safety Maricopa County Arizona Drowned (Tropical Storm Norma)
February 15, 1971 Arthur Robertson Ellis County Sheriff's Department Dallas Texas Gunfire (1971 shooting of Dallas police officers)[93]
William Reese Dallas County Sheriff's Department
Samuel Infante Jr.
August 21, 1971 Paul Krasenes California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Marin County California Stabbing (San Quentin Six)[94]
Jere Graham
Frank DeLeon
September 11, 1971 William Quinn New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Attica New York Armed assault (Attica Prison riot)[95][96]
September 13, 1971 Carl Valone Gunfire (Friendly fire; Attica Prison riot)[96]
Ronald Werner
Richard Lewis
John D'Arcangelo Jr.
Edward Cunningham
October 9, 1971 Harrison Whalen
January 10, 1972 Ralph Wilder East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office Baton Rouge Louisiana Gunfire (1972 Baton Rouge shooting)[97]
Ralph Hancock
April 20, 1972 Phillip Cardillo New York City Police Department New York City New York Gunfire (1972 Harlem mosque incident)[98]
June 9, 1972 Daniel Wickard Rapid City Police Department Rapid City South Dakota Drowned (1972 Black Hills flood)[99]
June 21, 1972 Gordon Hufnagle Lewisburg Borough Police Department Lewisburg Pennsylvania Drowned (Hurricane Agnes)[100][101]
June 27, 1972 Leo Van Winkle Philadelphia Police Department Philadelphia
December 31, 1972 Alfred Harrell New Orleans Police Department New Orleans Louisiana Gunfire (Mark Essex)[102]
January 7, 1973 Louis Sirgo
Paul Persigo
Phillip Coleman
January 19, 1973 Stephen Gilroy New York City Police Department New York City New York Gunfire (1973 Brooklyn hostage crisis)[103]
March 5, 1973 Edwin Hosli Sr. New Orleans Police Department New Orleans Louisiana Gunfire (Mark Essex)[102]
July 23, 1973 Herbert Tibbs United States Army Criminal Investigation Division Normandy Missouri Aircraft accident (Ozark Air Lines Flight 809)[104]
Elmer Heggen
August 5, 1974 Charles Mann Drug Enforcement Administration Miami Florida Crushed (1974 Miami DEA building collapse)[105]
Nickolas Fragos
August 29, 1974 William Cann Union City Police Department Union City California Gunfire (Assassination of William Cann)[106]
September 20, 1974 Gail Cobb Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia Washington District of Columbia Gunfire[107]
December 1, 1974 Sheila Regan Federal Bureau of Investigation Clarke County Virginia Aircraft accident (TWA Flight 514)[108]
Edward Knartzer
March 2, 1976 Elvin Wedge Mason County Sheriff's Department Point Pleasant West Virginia Bombing (1976 Mason County jail bombing)[109]
Kenneth Love
March 9, 1976 Ernest Hesson
July 31, 1976 Willis Purdy Colorado State Patrol Larimer County Colorado Drowned (1976 Big Thompson River flood)[110]
Michael Conley Estes Park Police Department
July 4, 1977 Mack Cantrell District of Columbia Protective Services Division Washington District of Columbia Medical emergency (1977 Washington, D.C., attack and hostage taking)[111]
September 6, 1979 Alvin Williams Woodbridge Police Department Woodbridge Township New Jersey Drowned (Hurricane David)[112]

1980s

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Date Name Department Location State/territory Cause of death
May 9, 1980 James Evans Riverside County Sheriff's Department San Bernardino County California Gunfire (Norco shootout)[113]
December 4, 1980 Gregory Adams Saxonburg Police Department Saxonburg Pennsylvania Gunfire (Donald Eugene Webb)[114]
December 11, 1980 Jack Ohrberg Indianapolis Police Department Indianapolis Indiana Gunfire (Murder of Jack Ohrberg)[115]
October 20, 1981 Edward O'Grady Nyack Police Department Nyack New York Gunfire (1981 Brink's robbery)[116]
Waverly Brown
December 9, 1981 Daniel Faulkner Philadelphia Police Department Philadelphia Pennsylvania Gunfire (Mumia Abu-Jamal)[117]
January 12, 1983 Robert Hester Memphis Police Department Memphis Tennessee Unarmed assault; stabbing (Shannon Street massacre)[118]
July 16, 1983 Steven Mayer Will County Sheriff's Office Homer Township Illinois Gunfire (Milton Johnson)[119]
August 17, 1983 Denis Foley
October 11, 1983 Russell Boyd Texas Department of Public Safety Waller County Texas Gunfire (Eliseo Moreno)[120]
January 10, 1984 William Wilkerson Orange County Sheriff's Office Orlando Florida Gunfire (Thomas Harrison Provenzano)[121]
May 19, 1984 Troy Duncan Alaska State Troopers Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska Gunfire (Michael Silka)[122]
September 21, 1984 Irma Lozada New York City Transit Police New York City New York Gunfire[123]
September 27, 1985 Bruce Smalls South Carolina Highway Patrol Jasper County South Carolina Gunfire (Murder of Bruce Smalls)[124]
October 6, 1985 Herminio Lopez-Pilar Puerto Rico Police Bureau Santa Isabel Puerto Rico Drowned (1985 Puerto Rico floods)[125]
Francisco Diaz-Melendez
Pedro Burgos-Lacourt
December 12, 1985 Dirk Miller United States Army Criminal Investigation Division Gander, Canada N/a Aircraft accident (Arrow Air Flight 1285R)[126]
February 8, 1986 Arleigh McCree Los Angeles Police Department Los Angeles California Explosion[127]
April 11, 1986 Benjamin Grogan Federal Bureau of Investigation Pinecrest Florida Gunfire (1986 FBI Miami shootout)[128]
Jerry Dove
September 23, 1986 Richard Raczkoski Indian River County Sheriff's Office Vero Beach Gunfire (Murder of Richard Raczkoski)[129][130]
December 31, 1986 Manuel Marrero-Otero United States Secret Service San Juan Puerto Rico Fire (Dupont Plaza Hotel arson)[131]
June 9, 1987 Ira Parker Inkster Police Department Inkster Michigan Gunfire (Inkster police slayings)[132]
Clay Hoover
Daniel Dubiel
February 9, 1988 Robert Wallis Denver Police Department Denver Colorado Struck by vehicle (Vehicle pursuit; Phillip Hutchinson)[133]
February 26, 1988 Edward Byrne New York City Police Department New York City New York Gunfire (Murder of Edward Byrne)[134]
September 22, 1988 Irma Ruiz Chicago Police Department Chicago Illinois Gunfire (1988 Chicago shootings)[135]

1990s

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Date Name Department Location State/territory Cause of death
October 30, 1990 Wallie Howard Jr. Syracuse Police Department Syracuse New York Gunfire (Murder of Wallie Howard Jr.)[136]
January 23, 1991 Darrell Lunsford Nacogdoches County Constable's Office - Precinct 3 Garrison Texas Gunfire (Murder of Darrell Lunsford)[137]
January 26, 1991 Glen Huber New Mexico State Police Chimayo New Mexico Gunfire (1991 Chimayo shootings)[138]
Jerry Martinez Rio Arriba County Sheriff's Office
March 15, 1991 Jordan Dalton Jr. Orange County Sheriff's Office Orlando Florida Gunfire (Thomas Harrison Provenzano; long-term injuries)[121]
October 20, 1991 John Grubensky Oakland Police Department Oakland California Fire (Oakland firestorm of 1991)[139]
April 11, 1992 Bill Davidson Texas Highway Patrol Jackson County Texas Gunfire (Ronald Ray Howard)[140]
August 21, 1992 William Degan Jr. United States Marshals Service Boundary County Idaho Gunfire (Ruby Ridge standoff)[141]
February 22, 1993 James MacDonald Compton Police Department Compton California Gunfire (Regis Deon Thomas)[142]
Kevin Burrell
February 28, 1993 Steven Willis Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives McLennan County Texas Gunfire (Waco siege)[143]
John Williams
Todd McKeehan
Conway LeBleu
October 4, 1993 Roger Motley Opelika Police Department Opelika Alabama Gunfire (Lynda Lyon Block)[144]
August 14, 1994 Dennis Glivar Garfield Heights Police Department Garfield Heights Ohio Gunfire (Harry Mitts Jr.)[145]
March 4, 1995 Ronald Williams New Orleans Police Department New Orleans Louisiana Gunfire (Kim Anh murders)[146]
April 19, 1995 Alan Whicher United States Secret Service Oklahoma City Oklahoma Bombing (Oklahoma City bombing)[147]
Kenneth McCullough Drug Enforcement Administration
Claude Medearis United States Customs Service
Mickey Maroney United States Secret Service
Michael Loudenslager Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office Crushed (Oklahoma City bombing)[148]
Donald Leonard United States Secret Service Bombing (Oklahoma City bombing)[147]
Paul Ice United States Customs Service
Paul Broxterman United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General
Cynthia Brown United States Secret Service
August 22, 1995 Charles Barton Loudon County Sheriff's Office Carroll County Georgia Aircraft accident (Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529)[149]
January 2, 1996 Lauretha Vaird Philadelphia Police Department Philadelphia Pennsylvania Gunfire (Murder of Lauretha Vaird)[150]
April 3, 1996 Duane Christian United States Department of Commerce Office of Security Jasenice, Croatia N/a Aircraft accident (1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash)[151]
January 17, 1997 Clarence Dean Los Angeles Police Department Los Angeles California Automobile accident (Single-vehicle crash; 1994 Northridge earthquake)[152]
August 19, 1997 Scott Philipps New Hampshire State Police Colebrook New Hampshire Gunfire (Carl Drega)[153]
Leslie Lord
January 12, 1998 Kyle Dinkheller Laurens County Sheriff's Office Laurens County Georgia Gunfire (Murder of Kyle Dinkheller)[154]
July 24, 1998 John Gibson United States Capitol Police Washington District of Columbia Gunfire (1998 United States Capitol shooting)[155]
Jacob Chestnut
December 28, 1999 David Knapps Louisiana Department of Corrections Louisiana State Penitentiary Louisiana Armed assault (Murder of David Knapps)[156]

2000s

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See also: Lists of victims of the September 11 attacks
Date Name Department Location State/territory Cause of death
February 10, 2000 John Garlington Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries – Enforcement Division Bienville Parish Louisiana Drowned[157]
September 29, 2000 William Toney Beech Grove Police Department Beech Grove Indiana Gunfire (Benjamin Ritchie)[158]
December 15, 2000 Derwin Brown DeKalb County Police Department Decatur Georgia Gunfire[159]
December 24, 2000 Aubrey Hawkins Irving Police Department Irving Texas Gunfire (Texas Seven)[160]
July 6, 2001 Harold Ray Presley Lee County Sheriff's Department Saltillo Mississippi Gunfire[161]
August 31, 2001 Hagop Kuredjian Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Stevenson Ranch California Gunfire (Stevenson Ranch shootout)[162]
September 11, 2001 Dominick Pezzulo Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department New York City New York Crushed (September 11 attacks)[163][164][165]
Leonard W. Hatton Jr. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Vincent Danz New York City Police Department
April 13, 2002 Sam Catron Pulaski County Sheriff's Office Stab Kentucky Gunfire (Murder of Sam Catron)[166]
November 19, 2002 David Mobilio Red Bluff Police Department Red Bluff California Gunfire (Andrew Mickel)[167]
June 23, 2003 Rodney Pocceschi Virginia Beach Police Department Virginia Beach Virginia Gunfire[168]
June 24, 2003 Fred Small Inglewood Police Department Ponoma California Automobile accident[169]
December 8, 2003 Danny Wilson Abbeville County Sheriff's Office Abbeville County South Carolina Gunfire (2003 standoff in Abbeville, South Carolina)[170]
Donnie Ouzts Abbeville County Magistrate's Office
June 17, 2004 Carlos Owen Birmingham Police Department Birmingham Alabama Gunfire (Execution of Nathaniel Woods)[171]
Alfred Chisholm
Charles Bennett
January 26, 2005 James Tutino Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Glendale/Los Angeles California Train accident (2005 Glendale train crash)[172]
March 20, 2005 Carl Graham Jr. Missouri State Highway Patrol Carter County Missouri Gunfire (Murder of Carl Graham Jr.)[173]
August 21, 2006 Eric Sutphin Montgomery County Sheriff's Department Montgomery County Virginia Gunfire (William Morva)[174]
October 16, 2006 Michael Briggs Manchester Police Department Manchester New Hampshire Gunfire (Murder of Michael Briggs)[175]
May 8, 2007 Robert Buckman Macksville Police Department Stafford County Kansas Tornado (Tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007)[176]
July 14, 2007 Russel Timoshenko New York City Police Department New York City New York Gunfire (Murder of Russel Timoshenko)[177]
February 7, 2008 William Biggs Kirkwood Police Department Kirkwood Missouri Gunfire (Kirkwood City Council shooting)[178]
Tom Ballman
September 2, 2008 Anne Jackson Skagit County Sheriff's Office Alger Washington Gunfire (2008 Skagit County shootings)[179]
September 12, 2008 Spree Desha Los Angeles Police Department Los Angeles California Train accident (2008 Chatsworth train collision)[180]
December 12, 2008 Tom Tennant Woodburn Police Department Woodburn Oregon Bombing (Woodburn bank bombing)[181]
William Hakim Oregon State Police
March 19, 2009 Mark Parker Orange County Sheriff's Office Orlando Florida Gunfire (Thomas Harrison Provenzano; long-term injuries)[121]
March 21, 2009 Daniel Sakai Oakland Police Department Oakland California Gunfire (2009 shootings of Oakland police officers)[182][183][184][185]
Ervin Romans
Mark Dunakin
March 24, 2009 John Hege
April 4, 2009 Paul Sciullo Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Gunfire (2009 shooting of Pittsburgh police officers)[186]
Stephen Mayhle
Eric Kelly
October 31, 2009 Timothy Brenton Seattle Police Department Seattle Washington Gunfire (Murder of Timothy Brenton)[187]
November 29, 2009 Greg Richards Lakewood Police Department Lakewood Gunfire (2009 Lakewood shooting)[188]
Mark Renninger
Ronald Owens
Tina Griswold

2010s

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Date Name Department Location State/territory Cause of death
May 20, 2010 Robert Paudert West Memphis Police Department Crittenden County Arkansas Gunfire (2010 West Memphis police shootings)
William Evans
January 1, 2011 Suzanne Hopper Clark County Sheriff's Office Clark County Ohio Gunfire (Killing of Suzanne Hopper)[189]
March 2, 2011 Nicholas Alden United States Air Force Security Forces Frankfurt, Germany N/a Gunfire (2011 Frankfurt Airport shooting)[190]
April 12, 2011 Ronald Johnson South Dakota Department of Corrections Sioux Falls South Dakota Armed assault (Murder of Ronald Johnson)[191]
June 3, 2011 Jefferson Taylor Riverside Police Division Joplin Missouri Lightning (Joplin tornado)[192]
August 13, 2012 Brian Bachmann Brazos County Constable's Office - Precinct 1 College Station Texas Gunfire (2012 College Station shooting)[193]
August 16, 2012 Jeremy Triche St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office LaPlace Louisiana Gunfire (2012 shootings of St. John the Baptist Parish police officers)[194]
Brandon Nielsen
December 24, 2012 Michael Chiapperini Webster Police Department Monroe County New York Gunfire (2012 Webster shooting)[195]
February 3, 2013 Keith Lawrence University of Southern California Department of Public Safety Irvine California Gunfire (Christopher Dorner shootings and manhunt)[196]
February 7, 2013 Michael Crain Riverside Police Department Riverside
February 12, 2013 Jeremiah MacKay San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department San Bernardino County
February 26, 2013 Elizabeth Butler Santa Cruz Police Department Santa Cruz Gunfire (2013 shooting of Santa Cruz police officers)[197]
Loran Baker
April 3, 2013 Eugene Crum Mingo County Sheriff's Office Williamson West Virginia Gunfire[198]
April 18, 2013 Sean Collier Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Department Cambridge Massachusetts Gunfire (Boston Marathon bombing)[199]
May 31, 2013 Cody Carpenter Scott County Sheriff's Office Scott County Arkansas Drowned (Tornado outbreak of May 26–31, 2013)[200]
Joel Campora Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
March 24, 2014 Mark Mayo United States Navy Security Forces Norfolk Virginia Gunfire (Norfolk Navy Station shooting)[201]
May 1, 2014 Gabriel Rich Alaska State Troopers Tanana Alaska Gunfire (2014 Alaska State Trooper killings)[202]
Patrick Johnson
June 8, 2014 Igor Soldo Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Las Vegas Nevada Gunfire (2014 Las Vegas shootings)[203]
Alyn Beck
June 17, 2014 Javier Vega Jr. United States Border Patrol Willacy County Texas Gunfire (Murder of Javier Vega Jr.)[204]
August 10, 2014 Dennis Simmonds Boston Police Department Watertown Massachusetts Bombing (Boston Marathon bombings; long-term injuries)[205]
September 12, 2014 Bryon Dickson Pennsylvania State Police Pike County Pennsylvania Gunfire (2014 Pennsylvania State Police barracks attack)[206]
December 20, 2014 Rafael Ramos New York City Police Department New York City New York Gunfire (Killing of Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu)[207]
Wenjian Liu
May 2, 2015 Brian Moore Gunfire (Murder of Brian Moore)[208]
August 28, 2015 Darren Goforth Harris County Sheriff's Office Harris County Texas Gunfire (Murder of Darren Goforth)[209]
October 2, 2015 Nathan Sartain United States Air Force Security Forces Jalalabad, Afghanistan N/a Aircraft accident (2015 Jalalabad USAF C-130J crash)[210]
Kcey Ruiz N/a
November 27, 2015 Garrett Swasey University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Police Department Colorado Springs Colorado Gunfire (Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting)[211]
November 28, 2015 Lloyd Reed St. Clair Township Police Department New Florence Pennsylvania Gunfire (Killing of Lloyd Reed)[212]
December 21, 2015 Adrianna Vorderbruggen Air Force Office of Special Investigations Bagram, Afghanistan N/a Bombing (2015 Bagram Airfield bombing)[213]
Peter Taub N/a
Chester McBride III N/a
Joseph Lemm N/a
Michael Cinco N/a
Louis Bonocasa N/a
July 7, 2016 Brent Thompson Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police Department Dallas Texas Gunfire (2016 shooting of Dallas police officers)[214]
Patrick Zamarripa Dallas Police Department
Michael Smith
Michael Krol
July 8, 2016 Lorne Ahrens
July 11, 2016 Joseph Zangaro Berrien County Trial Court St. Joseph Michigan Gunfire (St. Joseph courthouse shooting)[215]
Ronald Kienzle
July 17, 2016 Montrell Jackson Baton Rouge Police Department Baton Rouge Louisiana Gunfire (2016 shooting of Baton Rouge police officers)[216]
Matthew Gerald
Bradford Garafola East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office
November 2, 2016 Anthony Beminio Des Moines Police Department Des Moines Iowa Gunfire (2016 murders of Des Moines police officers)[217]
Justin Martin
November 20, 2016 Benjamin Marconi San Antonio Police Department San Antonio Texas Gunfire (Murder of Benjamin Marconi)[218]
November 22, 2016 Collin Rose Wayne State University Police Department Detroit Michigan Gunfire (Killing of Collin Rose)[219]
December 7, 2016 Nicholas Smarr Americus Police Department Americus Georgia Gunfire (Murders of Nicholas Smarr and Jody Smith)[220]
December 8, 2016 Jody Smith Georgia Southwestern State University Department of Public Safety
March 22, 2017 Jason Weiland Everest Metropolitan Police Department Weston Wisconsin Gunfire (2017 Marathon County shootings)[221]
April 26, 2017 Stephen Ballard Delaware State Police Bear Delaware Gunfire (Killing of Stephen Ballard)[222]
May 12, 2017 Steven Eric Disario Kirkersville Police Department Kirkersville Ohio Gunfire (Kirkersville shooting)[223]
May 27, 2017 William Durr Lincoln County Sheriff's Office Lincoln County Mississippi Gunfire (2017 Mississippi shootings)[224]
August 12, 2017 Jay Cullen Virginia State Police Albemarle County Virginia Aircraft accident (Unite the Right rally)[225]
Berke Bates
August 27, 2017 Steve Perez Houston Police Department Houston Texas Drowned (Hurricane Harvey)[226]
September 10, 2017 Joseph Ossman Florida Department of Corrections Hardee County Florida Automobile accident (Hurricane Irma)[227]
Julie Bridges Hardee County Sheriff's Office
September 21, 2017 Héctor Torres Puerto Rico Police Bureau Aguada Puerto Rico Drowned (Hurricane Maria)[228]
Ángel González
October 1, 2017 Charleston Hartfield Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Paradise Nevada Gunfire (2017 Las Vegas shooting)[229]
October 12, 2017 Justin Smith North Carolina Department of Public Safety Elizabeth City North Carolina Armed assault (Pasquotank County prison murders)[230][231]
October 30, 2017 Wendy Shannon
December 31, 2017 Zackari Parrish Douglas County Sheriff's Office Highlands Ranch Colorado Gunfire (Copper Canyon Apartment Homes shooting)[232]
February 10, 2018 Anthony Morelli Westerville Division of Police Westerville Ohio Gunfire (Murders of Eric Joering and Anthony Morelli)[233]
Eric Joering
September 7, 2018 Aaron Paul Roberts Greene County Sheriff's Office Greene County Missouri Drowned (Tropical Storm Gordon)[234]
October 3, 2018 Terrence Carraway Florence Police Department Florence County South Carolina Gunfire (Florence, South Carolina shooting)[235][236]
October 22, 2018 Farrah Turner Florence County Sheriff's Office
November 7, 2018 Ron Helus Ventura County Sheriff's Office Thousand Oaks California Gunfire (Thousand Oaks shooting)[237]
November 19, 2018 Samuel Jimenez Chicago Police Department Chicago Illinois Gunfire (Mercy Hospital shooting)[238]
December 26, 2018 Ronil Singh Newman Police Department Newman California Gunfire (Murder of Ronil Singh)[239]
March 5, 2019 Nathan Heidelberg Midland Police Department Midland Texas Gunfire (Killing of Nathan Heidelberg)[240]
March 13, 2019 Daniel Groves Colorado State Patrol Weld County Colorado Struck by vehicle (March 2019 North American blizzard)[241]
December 10, 2019 Joseph Seals Jersey City Police Department Jersey City New Jersey Gunfire (2019 Jersey City shooting)[242]

2020s

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Date Name Department Location State/territory Cause of death
March 16, 2020 Christopher Ryan Walsh Springfield Police Department Springfield Missouri Gunfire (2020 Springfield, Missouri shooting)[243]
May 29, 2020 David Patrick Underwood United States Federal Protective Service Oakland California Gunfire (2020 boogaloo murders)[244]
June 6, 2020 Damon Gutzwiller Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office Ben Lomond
July 22, 2020 William K. Nichols DeSoto County Sheriff's Office Miramar Florida Drowned (Hurricane Hanna)[245]
January 7, 2021 Brian David Sicknick United States Capitol Police Washington District of Columbia Medical emergency (Death of Brian Sicknick)[246]
February 2, 2021 Laura Schwartzenberger Federal Bureau of Investigation Sunrise Florida Gunfire (2021 Sunrise, Florida shootout)[247]
Daniel Alfin
March 22, 2021 Eric Talley Boulder Police Department Boulder Colorado Gunfire (2021 Boulder shooting)[248]
April 2, 2021 William Evans United States Capitol Police Washington District of Columbia Vehicle ramming attack (2021 United States Capitol car attack)[249]
September 2, 2021 Brian Mohl Connecticut State Police Woodbury Connecticut Automobile accident; drowned (Single-vehicle crash; Hurricane Ida)[250]
September 16, 2021 Austin Bush Houma Police Department Schriever Louisiana Automobile accident (Single vehicle crash; Hurricane Ida)[251]
December 10, 2021 Robert Daniel Graves County Jail Mayfield Kentucky Tornado (2021 Western Kentucky tornado)[252]
March 17, 2022 Barbara Fenley Eastland County Sheriff's Office Carbon Texas Fire (2022 Texas wildfires)[253]
May 5, 2022 Nicholas Tullier East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office Baton Rouge Louisiana Gunfire (2016 shooting of Baton Rouge police officers; long-term injuries)[254]
June 30, 2022 William Petry Floyd County Sheriff's Office Allen Kentucky Gunfire (2022 shooting of Kentucky police officers)[255]
Ralph Frasure Prestonsburg Police Department
July 1, 2022 Jacob Chaffins
October 12, 2022 Alex Hamzy Bristol Police Department Bristol Connecticut Gunfire (Bristol, Connecticut police killings)[256]
Dustin DeMonte
October 13, 2022 Gabriel Torres Raleigh Police Department Raleigh North Carolina Gunfire (2022 Raleigh shootings)[257]
February 19, 2023 Kenneth Fowler Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office Ada Oklahoma Fall (January 31 – February 2, 2023 North American ice storm)[258]
July 14, 2023 Jake Wallin Fargo Police Department Fargo North Dakota Gunfire (2023 shooting of Fargo police officers)[259]
February 18, 2024 Matthew Ruge Burnsville Police Department Burnsville Minnesota Gunfire (2024 Burnsville shooting)[213]
Paul Elmstrand
March 4, 2024 Bryan Sweetman Harris County Sheriff's Office Harris County Texas Chemical exposure (Hurricane Harvey; long-term illness)[260]
March 25, 2024 Jonathan Diller New York City Police Department New York City New York Gunfire (Killing of Jonathan Diller)[261]
April 29, 2024 Thomas Weeks United States Marshals Service Charlotte North Carolina Gunfire (2024 Charlotte shootout)[262]
Samuel Poloche North Carolina Department of Adult Correction
Alden Elliott
Joshua Eyer Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
May 30, 2024 Jamal Mitchell Minneapolis Police Department Minneapolis Minnesota Gunfire (2024 Minneapolis shooting)[263]
September 27, 2024 Lynn Quintero Madison County Sheriff's Office Yancey County North Carolina Drowned (Hurricane Helene)[264][265]
September 28, 2024 Jim Lau Macon County Sheriff's Office Macon County
February 22, 2025 Andrew Duarte West York Borough Police Department Shiloh Pennsylvania Gunfire (Friendly fire; UPMC Memorial Hospital shooting)[266]
July 18, 2025 William Osborn Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department East Los Angeles California Explosion (2025 East Los Angeles explosion)[267]
Victor Lemus
Joshua Kelley-Eklund
July 28, 2025 Didarul Islam New York City Police Department New York City New York Gunfire (2025 Midtown Manhattan shooting)[268]
September 17, 2025 Isaiah Emenheiser Northern York County Regional Police Department York County Pennsylvania Gunfire (2025 North Codorus Township shooting)[269]
Cody Becker
Mark Baker


Incidents where multiple law enforcement officers were killed

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Year Event Officers killed
1886 Haymarket affair 7
1893 Battle of Ingalls 3
1902 Tuscumbia shooting 6
1916 Black Tom explosion 2
1916 Everett massacre 2
1917 Milwaukee Police Department bombing 9
1921 Battle of Blair Mountain 4
1932 Young Brothers massacre 6
1933 Kansas City Massacre 4
1934 The Battle of Barrington 2
1950 Utuado uprising 8
1955 Hurricane Diane 2
1955 Yuba–Sutter floods 2
1965 Shooting of Washington Parish officers 2
1967 Murder and kidnapping of Border Patrol agents 2
1968 Shooting of Nashville police officers 2
1968 Glenville shootout 3
1969 FBI Washington D.C. shooting 2
1970 Newhall incident 4
1971 Shooting of Dallas police officers 3
1971 Attica prison riot 7
1971 San Quentin riot 3
1972 Baton Rouge shooting 2
1972 Hurricane Agnes 2
1972–73 Mark Essex shootings 5
1973 Ozark Air Lines Flight 809 2
1974 Miami DEA building collapse 2
1974 TWA Flight 514 2
1976 Mason County jail bombing 3
1976 Big Thompson River flood 2
1981 Brink's robbery 2
1983 Homer Township shooting 2
1984 Orange County courthouse shooting 3[a]
1985 Puerto Rico floods 3
1986 FBI Miami shootout 2
1987 Inkster police slayings 3
1991 Chimayo shootings 2
1993 Compton shooting 2
1993 Waco siege 4
1995 Oklahoma City bombing 9
1997 Colebrook shooting 2
1998 United States Capitol shooting 2
2001 September 11 attacks 71 in the attacks, 1 in a related incident
2003 Standoff in Abbeville, South Carolina 2
2004 Birmingham shooting 3
2008 Kirkwood City Council shooting 2
2008 Woodburn bank bombing 2
2009 Shootings of Oakland police officers 4
2009 Shooting of Pittsburgh police officers 3
2009 Lakewood shooting 4
2010 West Memphis police shootings 2
2012 Shootings of St. John the Baptist Parish police officers 2
2013 Christopher Dorner shootings and manhunt 3
2013 Shooting of Santa Cruz police officers 2
2013 Boston Marathon bombing 2[b]
2013 Tornado outbreak of May 26–31, 2013 2
2014 Alaska State Trooper killings 2
2014 Las Vegas shootings 2
2014 Shooting of Sacramento police officers 2
2014 Killing of Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu 2
2015 Jalalabad USAF C-130J crash 2
2015 Bagram Airfield bombing 6
2016 Shooting of Dallas police officers 5
2016 St. Joseph courthouse shooting 2
2016 Shooting of Baton Rouge police officers 4
2016 Murders of Des Moines police officers 2
2017 Hurricane Harvey 2[c]
2017 Hurricane Irma 2
2017 Hurricane Maria 2
2017 Unite the Right rally 2
2017 Pasquotank County prison murders 2
2018 Murders of Eric Joering and Anthony Morelli 2
2018 Florence, South Carolina shooting 2
2020 Boogaloo murders 2
2021 Sunrise, Florida shootout 2
2021 Hurricane Ida 2
2022 Shooting of Kentucky police officers 3
2022 Bristol, Connecticut police killings 2
2024 Burnsville shooting 2
2024 Charlotte shootout 4
2024 Hurricane Helene 2
2025 East Los Angeles explosion 3
2025 North Codorus Township shooting 3
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See also

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Other nations

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Killings by law enforcement

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Notes

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  1. ^ One officer died of his injuries in 1991 and another in 2009
  2. ^ Includes a victim who died in 2014 of his injuries
  3. ^ One officer died of chemical exposure in 2024

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