Officers Killed on This Day in History

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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 75

  • 9/11 related illness 1
  • Animal related 1
  • Automobile crash 6
  • COVID19 3
  • Fall 1
  • Gunfire 43
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 3
  • Heart attack 5
  • Motorcycle crash 4
  • Struck by vehicle 4
  • Vehicle pursuit 2
  • Vehicular assault 2

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 2
  • Arizona 2
  • Arkansas 3
  • California 4
  • Florida 1
  • Georgia 2
  • Idaho 3
  • Illinois 2
  • Indiana 3
  • Iowa 2
  • Kentucky 2
  • Louisiana 4
  • Maryland 2
  • Mississippi 2
  • Missouri 8
  • New York 4
  • North Carolina 2
  • Ohio 1
  • Oklahoma 1
  • Oregon 1
  • Pennsylvania 4
  • Railroad Police 1
  • South Carolina 1
  • Tennessee 4
  • Texas 8
  • U.S. Government 4
  • West Virginia 1
  • Wyoming 1

Boatman Kuntz Stahlberger

United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service, US

EOW: Friday, January 2, 1880

Cause: Fall

Turnkey John Manning

Wapello County Sheriff's Office, IA

EOW: Wednesday, January 2, 1884

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Sheriff W. C. Ricker

Natrona County Sheriff's Department, WY

EOW: Thursday, January 2, 1902

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Fred Carlton Burns

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, TX

EOW: Tuesday, January 2, 1968

Cause: Automobile crash

Border Patrol Agent Manuel Salcido, Jr.

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US

EOW: Wednesday, January 2, 1985

Cause: Automobile crash