Officers Killed on This Day in History

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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 76

  • 9/11 related illness 2
  • Aircraft accident 1
  • Assault 2
  • Automobile crash 10
  • Drowned 1
  • Fall 1
  • Gunfire 41
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 1
  • Heart attack 4
  • Motorcycle crash 3
  • Struck by train 1
  • Struck by vehicle 5
  • Vehicle pursuit 2
  • Vehicular assault 2

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 1
  • Arizona 1
  • California 4
  • Colorado 2
  • Florida 4
  • Georgia 1
  • Illinois 3
  • Indiana 4
  • Kentucky 3
  • Maine 1
  • Maryland 1
  • Massachusetts 2
  • Michigan 1
  • Minnesota 2
  • Missouri 1
  • Nebraska 1
  • New Mexico 1
  • New York 6
  • North Carolina 1
  • Ohio 3
  • Oklahoma 1
  • Oregon 1
  • Pennsylvania 3
  • Puerto Rico 1
  • Railroad Police 3
  • Rhode Island 1
  • South Carolina 3
  • South Dakota 1
  • Tennessee 1
  • Texas 8
  • U.S. Government 5
  • Virginia 2
  • West Virginia 1
  • Wisconsin 2

Game Warden Joseph Twaddle

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Enforcement Division, MN

EOW: Friday, April 25, 1930

Cause: Struck by train

Guard Harry McVay

Rhode Island Department of Corrections, RI

EOW: Friday, April 25, 1930

Cause: Gunfire

Patrolman Darvin K. Hogg

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, TX

EOW: Monday, April 25, 1966

Cause: Gunfire

Lead Special Officer Keith A. Mills

United States Department of the Treasury - United States Secret Service Special Services Division, US

EOW: Sunday, April 25, 2021

Cause: Heart attack