Officers Killed on This Day in History

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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 82

  • 9/11 related illness 1
  • Aircraft accident 1
  • Assault 3
  • Automobile crash 6
  • COVID19 6
  • Electrocuted 1
  • Fall 2
  • Fire 1
  • Gunfire 42
  • Gunfire (Inadvertent) 1
  • Heart attack 1
  • Motorcycle crash 6
  • Stabbed 1
  • Struck by vehicle 2
  • Vehicular assault 7
  • Weather/Natural disaster 1

Total Deaths by State

  • Alabama 1
  • Arizona 3
  • Arkansas 5
  • California 5
  • Connecticut 2
  • Florida 3
  • Georgia 2
  • Illinois 1
  • Kansas 3
  • Kentucky 3
  • Louisiana 2
  • Massachusetts 1
  • Michigan 2
  • Minnesota 1
  • Nevada 1
  • New Jersey 4
  • New Mexico 2
  • New York 5
  • North Carolina 2
  • Ohio 5
  • Oklahoma 2
  • Oregon 2
  • Pennsylvania 5
  • South Carolina 3
  • Tennessee 2
  • Texas 2
  • U.S. Government 6
  • Virginia 3
  • Washington 1
  • West Virginia 2
  • Wisconsin 1
Guard Grant Weakley | Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio

Guard Grant Weakley

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, OH

EOW: Friday, September 2, 1927

Cause: Gunfire

Guard Alfred E. Schmidt | Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio

Guard Alfred E. Schmidt

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, OH

EOW: Monday, September 2, 1940

Cause: Gunfire (Inadvertent)

Officer Hugo Olazar | California Highway Patrol, California
California Highway Patrol, California

Officer Hugo Olazar

California Highway Patrol, CA

EOW: Saturday, September 2, 1989

Cause: Vehicular assault

Senior Officer David Bryant Saavedra | United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations, U.S. Government
United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Office of Field Operations, U.S. Government

Senior Officer David Bryant Saavedra

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

EOW: Thursday, September 2, 2021

Cause: COVID19