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NYPD officers arrived to a domestic disturbance call, found McNeil in the home and when approaching him, he fired shots. Officers Wilbert D. Mora and Jason Rivera were killed and McNeil injured. McNeil suffered brain trauma and later died at the hospital.

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TOTAL CASUALTIES DURING THIS POLICE ENCOUNTER: 2 officers dead.

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/lashawn-mcneil-harlem-nypd-shooting-jason-rivera-wilbert-mora/

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/lashawn-mcneil-harlem-nypd-shooting-jason-rivera-wilbert-mora/

NYPD officers arrived to a domestic disturbance call, found McNeil in the home and when approaching him, he fired shots. Officers Wilbert D. Mora and Jason Rivera were killed and McNeil injured. McNeil suffered brain trauma and later died at the hospital.

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/lashawn-mcneil-harlem-nypd-shooting-jason-rivera-wilbert-mora/

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/lashawn-mcneil-harlem-nypd-shooting-jason-rivera-wilbert-mora/

NYPD officers arrived to a domestic disturbance call, found McNeil in the home and when approaching him, he fired shots. Officers Wilbert D. Mora and Jason Rivera were killed and McNeil injured. McNeil suffered brain trauma and later died at the hospital.

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/lashawn-mcneil-harlem-nypd-shooting-jason-rivera-wilbert-mora/

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/lashawn-mcneil-harlem-nypd-shooting-jason-rivera-wilbert-mora/

Officer Lenehanof Elk Grove PD died on Friday, January 21, 2022 after suffering major injuries in a motorcycle crash on Highway 99 in Sacramento.

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/01/22/governor-newsom-statement-on-death-of-elk-grove-police-officer-1-22-22/

https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/jermaine-walton-court-tyler-lenehan/

https://www.odmp.org/officer/25889-police-officer-tyler-lenehan

School Resource Officer Johnny Patterson was struck by a car on January 13th, 2022 while directing traffic on Noah Curtis Street in front of Shannon Primary School.

https://www.odmp.org/officer/25891-school-resource-officer-johnny-patterson

Police Officer CJ Jones was killed in a vehicle crash at the intersection of East Shelby Drive and Pleasant Hill Road at about 2:30 am. He was responding to a call when colliding with 2 other vehicles with significant impact and speed unknown. The driver of one of the other cars was killed in the crash but their name is not mentioned in the countless articles eulogizing the officer while not naming the second fatality involved in this on-duty crash.

https://www.odmp.org/officer/25884-police-officer-corille-cortez-jones

LAPD Officer Fernando Arroyos was shot and killed when three men attempted to rob him in the 1700 block of East 87th Street after he and his girlfriend had stopped to look at a house that was for sale. Officer Arroyos was taken to a local hospital where he died.

https://www.odmp.org/officer/25864-police-officer-ii-fernando-uriel-arroyos

Police Officer Diane Gonzalez on September 10th, 2008, collided with Sergeant Scott Aponte's patrol car while responding to a domestic violence call of East Street and Chapel Street as they both responded to the same call. Sergeant Aponte was killed in the crash, and Officer Gonzalez suffered a traumatic brain injury, causing her to slip into a coma. She died later.

https://www.odmp.org/officer/25860-police-officer-diane-gonzalez

Police Officer Diane Gonzalez on September 10th, 2008, collided with Sergeant Scott Aponte's patrol car while responding to a domestic violence call of East Street and Chapel Street as they both responded to the same call. Sergeant Aponte was killed in the crash, and Officer Gonzalez suffered a traumatic brain injury, causing her to slip into a coma. She died later.

https://www.odmp.org/officer/19549-sergeant-dario-scott-aponte

On November 17, 2021, 47-year-old corrections officer Rhonda Jean Russell was fatally shot by an Altoona Police Department officer at Central Court, located at 615 Fourth Street, Altoona, Pennsylvania. Christopher James Aikens, a 54-year-old inmate from Blair County Jail, was at the courthouse for a scheduled hearing when he allegedly assaulted Officer Russell and took her firearm. In response, an Altoona police officer fired a single round at Aikens but accidentally struck and killed Officer Russell by friendly fire. The Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the incident.

1. https://www.wtaj.com/news/local-news/blair-county-corrections-officer-shot-and-killed-in-altoona/
2. https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/corrections-officer-shot-altoona-courthouse/UGX5FFQIVJHQZAZ3P7K6F2JDFE/

On 11/14/2021, 44-year-old Chris Zamora — a 20-year veteran of the Long Beach Police Department, known for his work in gang detail and diversion programs — was found dead in his vehicle in the parking lot of the LBPD East Division substation at 3800 E Willow Street. The department characterized the death as an apparent suicide. Zamora had been credited with initiating outreach programs for youth and gang prevention, and his death was the fourth suicides by department members in just over four years, prompting renewed concern about officer wellness.

https://lbpost.com/news/lbpd-suicide-willow-street-east-division-police/
https://lbpost.com/news/chris-zamora-obituary-suicide-lead-diversion/

On 11/12/2021, 23-year-old Officer Mitchell William Winters of the Mesa Police Department died by suicide. The department announced his death on November 16, 2021, and confirmed that he was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who had served four years before joining the department. Officials expressed deep sorrow over his passing and extended condolences to his family.

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/mesa-police-officer-dies-from-apparent-suicide-department-says
https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/mental-health-struggles-common-among-law-enforcement-officers

On 09/10/2021, Officer Thomas Ouellette, 44, of the Bow Police Department, was driving his personal Ford Expedition southbound on I-89 when his vehicle drifted from the right-hand travel lane into the breakdown lane. The vehicle struck the rear of a parked, disabled tractor-trailer truck. Two of Officer Ouellette’s children, Nicholas Ouellette, 16, and Gavin Ouellette, 6, were killed in the collision. While the media did not confirm his on-duty status, it is assumed he was off-duty as he was driving his personal vehicle.

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TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES DURING THIS INCIDENT: 2 fatalities

• https://www.concordmonitor.com/Two-children-killed-in-I-89-crash-in-Bow-42327996
• https://www.unionleader.com/news/safety/two-boys-killed-in-i-89-crash-are-sons-of-bow-police-officer/article_d69dff3e-d41b-50fc-9c35-d365fc7d5bfc.html
• https://www.wmur.com/article/bow-police-officer-sons-killed-in-i-89-crash/37533138

On 08/03/2021, Officer George Gonzalez of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency was attacked at approximately 10:35 a.m. on a bus/metro platform outside the Pentagon in Arlington. A man, identified as Austin William Lanz, 27, ambushed Gonzalez and stabbed him in the neck. Responding officers engaged the attacker and fatally shot him. Gonzalez died from his injuries and multiple bystanders were also wounded in the incident.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/04/pentagon-police-officer-killed-identified-george-gonzalez
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/suspect-in-officers-killing-near-pentagon-faced-georgia-charges-austin-william-lanz/2760114/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/pentagon-identifies-officer-killed-in-violence-outside‐building

On 08/01/2021, Deputy Michael C. Hoy, 49, of the Wyandot County Sheriff's Office, was involved in a fatal motorcycle accident on State Route 67 near Marseilles, Ohio. While riding his 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle, Deputy Hoy collided with a deer, resulting in a crash. He was transported to Wyandot Memorial Hospital in Upper Sandusky, where he was pronounced dead.

https://wktn.com/off-duty-wyandot-county-deputy-killed-in-motorcycle-accident-sunday-evening/
https://thecount.com/2021/08/02/mike-hoy-killed-motorcycle-crash-marseilles/
https://www.dailychiefunion.com/obits/obit-michael-hoy/

On 07/31/2021, retired Rock Hill Police Lieutenant Larry Vaughan, 54, was found beaten to death inside his apartment at the Anderson Apartments. Investigators determined he was killed by former Chester County Sheriff’s Deputy Evan Hawthorne, 31. On 09/02/2025, a jury convicted Hawthorne of murder, and Judge Keith Kelly sentenced him to life in prison.

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/sc-deputy-convicted-for-killing-police-lieutenant/275-6877d816-f572-440b-bf09-8de622c32be0
https://www.wbtv.com/2025/09/03/former-chester-county-deputy-convicted-murdering-retired-rock-hill-police-lieutenant/
https://www.wrhi.com/2025/09/man-is-found-guilty-in-death-of-rock-hill-police-officer-from-four-years-ago-203525

On 07/31/2021, retired Rock Hill Police Lieutenant Larry Vaughan, 54, was found beaten to death inside his apartment at the Anderson Apartments. Investigators determined he was killed by former Chester County Sheriff’s Deputy Evan Hawthorne, 31. On 09/02/2025, a jury convicted Hawthorne of murder, and Judge Keith Kelly sentenced him to life in prison.

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/sc-deputy-convicted-for-killing-police-lieutenant/275-6877d816-f572-440b-bf09-8de622c32be0
https://www.wbtv.com/2025/09/03/former-chester-county-deputy-convicted-murdering-retired-rock-hill-police-lieutenant/
https://www.wrhi.com/2025/09/man-is-found-guilty-in-death-of-rock-hill-police-officer-from-four-years-ago-203525

On July 31, 2021, at approximately 12:20 a.m., Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Daniel Paul Cox, a 24-year veteran of the agency and a U.S. Army veteran, was killed in a head-on collision on State Route 86 near Sells, Arizona. The crash involved his Border Patrol vehicle and another car. Both Cox and the other driver were pronounced dead at the scene. The incident is under investigation by the Tohono O’odham Police Department.

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/border-patrol-agent-2nd-driver-killed-in-crash-in-arizona

On 07/29/2021, Officer Gunther Hashida, age 43, of the Metropolitan Police Department, was found dead in his residence from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had been assigned to the Emergency Response Team and was among those who defended the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 attack. His death was one of four suicides among officers who served during or immediately after the riot.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/02/3rd-police-officer-who-responded-to-capitol-riot-dies-by-suicide.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/02/1023620154/officers-gunther-hashida-kyle-defreytag-capitol-riot-suicides

On 07/10/2021, Officer Kyle DeFreytag, age 26, of the Metropolitan Police Department, died by suicide. He was one of several officers who had responded to the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. His death was confirmed by the department in early August 2021 and came shortly after that of Officer Gunther Hashida. Both were recognized as part of the rising toll of suicides among officers who defended the Capitol during the attack.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/02/3rd-police-officer-who-responded-to-capitol-riot-dies-by-suicide.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dc-police-officer-kyle-defreytag-fourth-known-law-enforcement-suicide-following-capitol-riot-n1275819

On June 17, 2021, Officer Joseph William Burson of the Holly Springs Police Department attempted to stop a vehicle during a traffic stop on Hickory Road. The driver refused to comply and dragged Officer Burson with the vehicle. During the incident, Burson discharged his weapon and fatally shot the driver. Officer Burson died from injuries sustained during the dragging. He had served with the department for approximately 18 months.

https://www.odmp.org/officer/25320-police-officer-joseph-william-burson
https://www.odmp.org/agency/7414-holly-springs-police-department-georgia
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/holly-springs-police-officer-killed-during-traffic-stop-identified-as-26-year-old-joe-burson
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/georgia-police-officer-dies-after-being-dragged-car-during-stop-n1271192

Officer Jesse Peter Madsen, 45, served with the Tampa Police Department for 16 years. On March 9, 2021, around 1 a.m., Officer Madsen was killed after he veered into oncoming traffic on I-275 to intercept a wrong-way driver, Joshua Daniel Montague. The collision resulted in the deaths of both Officer Madsen and Montague. Officer Madsen was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and is survived by his wife and three children.

https://www.odmp.org/officer/25185-officer-jesse-peter-madsen

On February 26, 2021, Officer Dominic J. Winum initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle. Before he could exit his patrol vehicle, the driver, Dakota G. Richards, exited his vehicle and opened fire, killing Officer Winum. Richards fled the scene into nearby woods. Police later found him hiding in a barn. Richards allegedly made a threatening movement, and deputies shot and killed him in response.

TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES: 2 fatalities

https://www.12onyourside.com/2021/02/27/va-police-officer-shot-killed-following-traffic-stop-suspect-dead/

On February 18, 2021, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Magli was killed during a pursuit involving a drunken driver. Deputies had responded to a report of a man passed out in a truck, identified as 30-year-old Robert Allen Holzaepfel. When emergency responders broke a window to check on him, Holzaepfel awoke and fled. Deputies escalated a chase as Holzaepfel drove recklessly and crossed the median on East Lake Road. Deputy Magli parked his cruiser in the median to deploy spike strips, but the fleeing driver lost control of his truck, spun out, and struck Magli, pinning him beneath his patrol vehicle. Magli died at the scene. The driver was arrested and charged with DUI manslaughter and multiple felonies.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/pinellas/2021/02/18/pinellas-deputy-dies-after-being-hit-during-pursuit/
https://www.wfla.com/news/pinellas-county/pinellas-county-deputy-killed-in-crash-during-pursuit/
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/pinellas-sheriffs-office-deputy-hit-and-killed-during-pursuit
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/us/florida-deputy-michael-magli-killed-intl-hnk/index.html

Deputy Michael J. Magli of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office was killed during a police pursuit incident. He had positioned his patrol car in the median at East Lake Road and Forelock Road to deploy stop sticks designed to puncture tires of a fleeing vehicle. Robert Allen Holzaepfel, 33, who was allegedly driving under the influence and on a suspended license, struck and killed Magli with his truck during the pursuit.

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/02/18/pinellas-county-sheriffs-deputy-killed-trying-to-help-stop-drunken-driver/

On February 4, 2021, New Mexico State Police Officer Darian Jarrott was fatally shot during a traffic stop near Deming, New Mexico, by Omar Felix Cueva. After the shooting, Cueva fled the scene, leading to a pursuit and a subsequent shootout with law enforcement officers, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Cueva was shot and killed during the confrontation.

https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/suspect-dead-following-officer-involved-shooting-in-deming/

Special Agent Daniel Alfin was fatally shot while executing a federal search warrant related to a violent crimes against children investigation. The suspect opened fire as agents approached the residence, resulting in the deaths of Special Agent Alfin and Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger, and injuries to three other agents. The target was also found deceased.

TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES: 3 fatalities, 3 injuries

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/04/us/fbi-agents-killed-florida-shooting/index.html

Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger was fatally shot while executing a federal search warrant related to a violent crimes against children investigation. The suspect opened fire as agents approached the residence, resulting in the deaths of Special Agent Schwartzenberger and Special Agent Daniel Alfin, and injuries to three other agents. The suspect was also found deceased.

TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES: 3 fatalities, 3 injuries

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/04/us/fbi-agents-killed-florida-shooting/index.html

On 01/15/2021, Officer Jeffrey Smith, 35, of the Metropolitan Police Department, died by suicide nine days after being injured in the line of duty while responding to the January 6 Capitol attack. His death was later officially ruled as having occurred in the line of duty, and Congress formally recognized it as related to the events of that day.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dc-police-officer-jeffrey-smiths-suicide-after-capitol-riot-ruled-duty-n1289130
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/02/3rd-police-officer-who-responded-to-capitol-riot-dies-by-suicide.html

On January 11, 2021, Master Corporal Brian LaVigne of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office was intentionally struck and killed by a suspect during a police pursuit in Brandon, Florida. Deputies responded to calls about Travis Garrett, 32, acting erratically and naked at an apartment complex. After resisting arrest and attacking deputies, Garrett drove off. While other deputies pursued him, LaVigne—who was not involved in the chase—was parked with lights on when Garrett crossed two lanes and rammed into his patrol vehicle at 76 mph. LaVigne, a 30-year veteran just hours from retirement, was killed. Garrett had cocaine and marijuana in his system and was sentenced to 45 years in prison in March 2025 after a plea deal.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article302769744.html
https://www.fox13news.com/news/hcso-corporal-brian-lavigne-killed-in-the-line-of-duty-remembered-as-role-model
https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2021/01/12/man-accused-of-killing-hillsborough-deputy-to-undergo-mental-evaluation/
https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/hillsborough-deputy-killed-in-line-of-duty-identified/
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-man-pleads-guilty-in-deputys-2021-death-sentenced-to-45-years/

On 01/09/2021, Officer Howard Charles Liebengood, age 51, of the United States Capitol Police died by suicide at his home in Alexandria, Virginia. His death occurred three days after he served at the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 attack. Liebengood had been with the department since 2005 and was assigned to the Senate Division. His death was later officially recognized by Congress and the Department of Justice as a line-of-duty death.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Howard_Liebengood
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/capitol-police-officer-howard-liebengood-dies-suicide-officials-say-n1253846
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/howard-liebengood-capitol-police-suicide/2021/01/10/12c9cb2a-53e3-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html

On January 6, 2021, at approximately 10:50 p.m., a deputy from the Marion County Sheriff's Office attempted to stop a vehicle driven by Patrick J. McCormick, who refused to stop. The deputy initiated a pursuit of McCormick’s vehicle, which continued driving southbound on Maiden Down Road. The deputy pursued McCormick at high speeds.

During the chase, McCormick collided with a 2008 Mercury Grand Marquis that was traveling on Jackson Road, not involved in the pursuit. The crash occurred at the intersection of Jackson Road and Maiden Down Road. Patrick McCormick, the fleeing driver, was killed instantly in the crash. The other vehicle involved was driven by Jonathan David Price, who was the driver of the Dodge Charger being pursued. Price, the officer’s target in the chase, was critically injured and later died at a local hospital due to the injuries sustained in the crash.

TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES: 2 fatalities

https://wpde.com/news/local/marion-county-deputy-killed-in-crash-identified?utm_

On March 12, 2017, 27-year-old Officer Houston Largo of the Navajo Nation Police Department was fatally shot while responding to a domestic violence call in New Mexico. Despite being airlifted to the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, Officer Largo succumbed to his injuries. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico and the FBI collaborated with state and tribal authorities to investigate the incident and ensure that the perpetrator faced justice.

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/statement-attorney-general-sessions-fatal-officer-shooting-new-mexico