Officers Killed on This Day in History

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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 62

  • Assault 1
  • Automobile crash 6
  • COVID19 2
  • Duty related illness 1
  • Electrocuted 2
  • Gunfire 31
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 1
  • Heart attack 4
  • Motorcycle crash 4
  • Stabbed 1
  • Struck by streetcar 1
  • Struck by vehicle 5
  • Vehicle pursuit 2
  • Vehicular assault 1

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 2
  • Arkansas 1
  • California 1
  • District of Columbia 1
  • Florida 4
  • Georgia 3
  • Illinois 2
  • Indiana 1
  • Kansas 1
  • Kentucky 2
  • Michigan 2
  • Mississippi 2
  • Missouri 1
  • Montana 1
  • Nebraska 1
  • New Jersey 1
  • New York 4
  • Ohio 3
  • Oklahoma 3
  • Oregon 1
  • Pennsylvania 4
  • Rhode Island 1
  • South Carolina 3
  • Tennessee 2
  • Texas 11
  • U.S. Government 1
  • Utah 1
  • West Virginia 2
Officer Martin Judge | San Francisco Police Department, California
San Francisco Police Department, California

Officer Martin Judge

San Francisco Police Department, CA

EOW: Thursday, December 14, 1916

Cause: Struck by streetcar

Guard Stanton V. Gillum | West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, West Virginia
West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, West Virginia

Guard Stanton V. Gillum

West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, WV

EOW: Monday, December 14, 1953

Cause: Stabbed

Officer James L. Gordon | Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia
Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia

Officer James L. Gordon

Metropolitan Police Department, DC

EOW: Monday, December 14, 1987

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)