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Harris County Sheriff's Department
Houston, TX

Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Carl F. Courts
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, November 30, 1895
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Constable James A. Reed
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, September 6, 1905
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Arthur Taylor
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, May 24, 1914
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff William C. Williams Jr.
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, April 16, 1930
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Joe Trapolino
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, May 23, 1936
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Theron Eldridge (Eddie) Shofner
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, July 14, 1948
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Leo Busby
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, September 10, 1953
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Donald E. Knowlton
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Monday, August 22, 1960
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Walter Howard Harvey
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Monday, November 5, 1962
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Fred B. Peebles
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Thursday, September 23, 1965
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Edd Williams
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, January 12, 1974
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDetective Rodney Scott Morgan
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, February 26, 1974
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Jimmie Howard McKay Sr.
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Friday, March 22, 1974
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXReserve Deputy Sheriff James A. Wier
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Friday, August 18, 1978
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXReserve Deputy Sheriff Joe Mason Westbrook
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Sunday, July 1, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Albert Ochoa Garza
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Monday, July 30, 1979
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Royce Melvin Anderson
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Monday, October 26, 1981
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Reginald Floyd Norwood
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, September 3, 1985
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Haskell Junior McCoy
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Monday, February 2, 1987
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Clark Harold Henry
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Monday, July 25, 1988
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Richard Maurice Blackwell
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, September 6, 1989
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXCorporal Jeffery Scott Sanford
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, September 14, 1991
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Ricky A. Yates
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, January 25, 1994
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDetective Harvey Davis
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, May 21, 1996
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Douglas John Noll
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Monday, July 22, 1996
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Randolph Michael Eng
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, December 21, 1996
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Keith Alan Fricke
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, June 4, 1997
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Rebecca Ann Shaw
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Friday, February 13, 1998
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Oscar Clarence Hill IV
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Saturday, July 22, 2000
Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff John Charles Risley
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Monday, October 23, 2000
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Barrett Travis Hill
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Monday, December 4, 2000
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Joseph Norman Dennis
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Tuesday, May 22, 2001
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDeputy Sheriff Shane Ronald Bennett
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, June 12, 2002
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXJailer Thomas Flores Douglas
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDetective Tommy L. Keen
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Monday, September 15, 2008
Cause of Death: Accidental
Patch image: Harris County Sheriff's Department, TXDetention Officer Dionicio Camacho
Harris County Sheriff's Department, TX
EOW: Friday, October 23, 2009
Cause of Death: Heart attack


Total Line of Duty Deaths: 36

Accidental: 1
Automobile accident: 4
Gunfire: 14
Gunfire (Accidental): 5
Heart attack: 3
Motorcycle accident: 3
Struck by train: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 3
Vehicular assault: 2

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