Officers Killed on This Day in History

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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 70

  • Assault 1
  • Automobile crash 5
  • COVID19 2
  • Drowned 2
  • Fall 2
  • Gunfire 43
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 2
  • Heart attack 2
  • Motorcycle crash 1
  • Struck by train 1
  • Struck by vehicle 6
  • Vehicular assault 3

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 2
  • Arkansas 3
  • California 3
  • Colorado 1
  • Delaware 1
  • Georgia 2
  • Idaho 2
  • Illinois 5
  • Iowa 1
  • Kansas 3
  • Kentucky 5
  • Louisiana 1
  • Michigan 1
  • Mississippi 1
  • New Jersey 2
  • New York 4
  • North Carolina 3
  • Ohio 2
  • Oklahoma 2
  • Oregon 1
  • Pennsylvania 2
  • Puerto Rico 3
  • Railroad Police 1
  • South Carolina 1
  • Texas 4
  • U.S. Government 4
  • Utah 6
  • Virginia 2
  • Washington 1
  • Wisconsin 1

Officer Sife Perdue

Columbus Police Department, GA

EOW: Wednesday, January 5, 1994

Cause: Motorcycle crash

Officer Bruce Eckhoff

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

EOW: Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Cause: COVID19