Officers Killed on This Day in History

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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 72

  • 9/11 related illness 4
  • Assault 5
  • Automobile crash 3
  • Bomb 1
  • COVID19 2
  • Drowned 3
  • Gunfire 34
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 1
  • Heart attack 3
  • Motorcycle crash 7
  • Stabbed 1
  • Struck by train 1
  • Struck by vehicle 1
  • Vehicle pursuit 3
  • Vehicular assault 3

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 3
  • California 6
  • Colorado 1
  • Florida 2
  • Georgia 4
  • Illinois 1
  • Kentucky 4
  • Maryland 1
  • Massachusetts 2
  • Minnesota 1
  • Missouri 2
  • Nebraska 1
  • Nevada 1
  • New Jersey 1
  • New Mexico 1
  • New York 7
  • North Carolina 5
  • Ohio 2
  • Oklahoma 2
  • Pennsylvania 2
  • Railroad Police 2
  • Rhode Island 1
  • South Carolina 6
  • Texas 5
  • U.S. Government 7
  • Virginia 1
  • Washington 1
Storekeeper-Gauger Frank Weir | United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Internal Revenue, U.S. Government
United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Internal Revenue, U.S. Government

Storekeeper-Gauger Frank Weir

United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Internal Revenue, US

EOW: Friday, September 19, 1890

Cause: Gunfire

Special Agent Robert Leo Bowman | United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services, U.S. Government
United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services, U.S. Government

Special Agent Robert Leo Bowman

United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services, US

EOW: Thursday, September 19, 1912

Cause: Gunfire

Officer Harry E. Martin | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, California
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, California

Officer Harry E. Martin

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, CA

EOW: Sunday, September 19, 1937

Cause: Stabbed

Jailer Ernest Runke | Lewis County Sheriff's Office, Washington
Lewis County Sheriff's Office, Washington

Jailer Ernest Runke

Lewis County Sheriff's Office, WA

EOW: Thursday, September 19, 1957

Cause: Assault