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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 75

  • 9/11 related illness 1
  • Animal related 1
  • Assault 1
  • Automobile crash 6
  • COVID19 1
  • Drowned 2
  • Duty related illness 1
  • Gunfire 35
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 3
  • Heart attack 2
  • Motorcycle crash 2
  • Stabbed 2
  • Struck by vehicle 1
  • Structure collapse 11
  • Vehicular assault 6

Total Deaths by State

  • Arizona 1
  • Arkansas 1
  • California 1
  • Florida 6
  • Georgia 4
  • Illinois 3
  • Indiana 4
  • Kansas 1
  • Kentucky 2
  • Louisiana 1
  • Massachusetts 1
  • Michigan 4
  • Minnesota 1
  • New York 5
  • North Carolina 2
  • North Dakota 1
  • Ohio 3
  • Oklahoma 5
  • Pennsylvania 1
  • Puerto Rico 2
  • Rhode Island 1
  • South Carolina 1
  • Tennessee 1
  • Texas 8
  • U.S. Government 1
  • Vermont 1
  • Virginia 11
  • Washington 1
  • West Virginia 1
Sergeant James T. Cox | Richmond Police Department, Virginia
Richmond Police Department, Virginia

Sergeant James T. Cox

Richmond Police Department, VA

EOW: Wednesday, April 27, 1870

Cause: Structure collapse

Officer John Kerr | Richmond Police Department, Virginia
Richmond Police Department, Virginia

Officer John Kerr

Richmond Police Department, VA

EOW: Wednesday, April 27, 1870

Cause: Structure collapse

Constable T. C. Craig | Houston County Constable's Office - Precinct 3, Texas
Houston County Constable's Office - Precinct 3, Texas

Constable T. C. Craig

Houston County Constable's Office - Precinct 3, TX

EOW: Tuesday, April 27, 1875

Cause: Gunfire