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Zachary Tyler Alvarenga *COP
Age :25
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 02/17/2022
Location : 114000 S+Redwood Rd
City : South Jordan
County : Salt Lake
State : Utah
Agency : West Jordan PD, South
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Officer accused of domestic abuse, kidnapping, fleeing and engaging in shootout with police killed by police
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Correctional officer Zachary Alvarenga Was accused of domestic abuse and kidnapping. Police arrived and he fled in a vehicle. After a lengthy series of vehicle chases during which pursuing police and officer Alvarenga aged in a shootout while driving, police disabled his vehicle and shot and killed him when he fled on foot.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://kjzz.com/news/officers-shoot-kill-suspect-in-south-jordan-after-3-pursuits
https://kjzz.com/news/identity-released-of-suspect-killed-in-south-jordan-shootout-with-officers
https://ksltv.com/484638/police-pursuit-and-shots-fired-in-south-jordan/
https://kutv.com/news/local/suspect-officer-gunfire-exchange-sends-bullet-through-home-window
James McWhorter *COP
Age :31
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 02/12/2022
Location : I-95
City : Yulee
County : Nassau
State : Florida
Agency : Florida Dept of Agricultural Law Enforcement
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Fatal crash on duty
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Corporal James McWhorter was killed in a vehicle crash near the Agricultural Inspection Station on I-95 in Yulee, Florida.
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Aubrey Philips *COP
Age :36
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 02/11/2022
Location : Dublin Blvd+Myrtle Dr
City : Dublin
County : Alameda
State : California
Agency : Alameda County SO
Cause of Death : Unknown
Event : Died from stroke on duty
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Officer Aubrey Phillips was in her patrol vehicle after making an arrest while on duty in Dublin when she suffered a serious and sudden medical emergency that was later diagnosed as an aneurysm. She died in the hospital.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.odmp.org/officer/26439-deputy-sheriff-aubrey-phillips
Isaac Eames *COP
Age :48
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 02/07/2022
Location : 4400 block of Riverview Rd
City : Clay
County : Onondaga
State : New York
Agency : Clay County SO
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event :
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Troy Eames was the son of the deputy who killed him, then died of suicide. The officer had been investigated for grand larceny. His mother Karen Eames was shot in the face, hand, survived. The officer also killed the family dog.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-support-karen-andrew-and-troy
Collin Birney *COP
Age :53
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 02/04/2022
Location : Elms Rd+Mt Morris Rd
City : Flint
County : Genesee
State : Michigan
Agency : Flint PD
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed in on-duty crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Captain Collin Birnie was killed in a vehicle crash on Elms Road, between Mount Morris Road and Francis Road.
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Chris Jenkins *COP
Age :48
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 02/03/2022
Location : I-75 near mile marker 74
City : Tennessee River Bridge
County : Loudoun
State : Tennessee
Agency : Loudoun County SO
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event :
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Sergeant Chris Jenkins was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer while attempting to move a ladder from I-75 near mile marker 74.
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Helen Mae Smith *COP
Age :53
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 02/03/2022
Location : Pasquotank Correctional Institution
City : Elizabeth City
County : Pasquotank
State : North Carolina
Agency : North Carolina DPS
Cause of Death : Medical Emergency
Event :
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Officer Helen Mae Smith died from a heart attack after an on-duty fight.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.odmp.org/officer/25916-correctional-officer-iii-helen-mae-smith
John Painter *COP
Age :55
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 02/01/2022
Location : Memorial Hall
City : Bridgewater
County :
State : Virginia
Agency : Bridgewater College PD
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event :
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police Officer John Painter and civilian Campus Safety Officer J.J. Jefferson were shot and killed while responding to a call involving a suspicious person carrying a duffel bag a restricted area of Memorial Hall.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.odmp.org/officer/25910-police-officer-john-painter
Niko Divon Sturdivant *COP 1 of 2
Age :33
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/29/2022
Location : 3500 block of Fountain Drive
City :
County :
State : Kentucky
Agency : New Albany PD
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Officer Sturdivant shot partner+self
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police were called to a residence on a report that gunshots had been heard. Upon entering, they found Joon Han and her boyfriend, New Albany PD officer Niko Sturdivant, dead of gunshot wounds. It is believed that Sturdivant killed Han, then himself.
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Noah Rainey *COP 1 of 2
Age :29
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/29/2022
Location : Route 26
City : Sedalia
County : Carroll
State : Indiana
Agency : Carroll County SO
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed on duty
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Carroll County deputy Noah Rainey and civilian sheriff's employee Dane Northcutt were driving to a backup call on Route 26 when for unknown reasons, the patrol car left the road and hit a utility pole, killing both the deputy and Dane Gregory Northcutt were killed. No other vehicles were involved. It is unknown how fast the officer was driving.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.odmp.org/officer/25902-deputy-sheriff-noah-rainey
Abigail Bieber *COP 2 of 2
Age :30
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 01/29/2022
Location : St. Augustine AirBnB
City : Hillsborough
County : Hillsborough
State : Florida
Agency : Hillsborough County SO
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Shot+killed by detective partner
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Hillsborough County deputy Abigail Bieber was staying at a St. Augustine AirBnB when she was shot and killed by her domestic partner, Hillsborough County DetectiveDaniel Leyden who killed himself after killing her. Both had been officers at the samesheriff’s office in Florida. After the murder, a former girlfriend of Detective Leyden took to public media and disclosed that she had been a domestic violence victim at the hands of the same officer who had killed Bieber.
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Daniel Leyden *COP 1 of 2
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 01/29/2022
Location : Augustine AirBnB
City : Hillsborough
County : Hillsborough
State : Florida
Agency : Hillsborough County SO
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Officer killed spouse, then self
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Hillsborough County deputy Abigail Bieber was staying at a St. Augustine AirBnB when she was shot and killed by her domestic partner, Hillsborough County Detective
Daniel Leyden who committed suicide after killing her. Both had been officers at the same sheriff’s office in Florida. After the murder, a former girlfriend of Detective Leyden took to public media and disclosed that she had been a domestic violence victim at the hands of the same officer who had killed Bieber.
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John O’Keefe *COP
Age :46
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/29/2022
Location : Fairview Rd
City : Boston
County : Suffolk
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Boston PD
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by intoxicated girlfriendKilled by intoxicated girlfriend
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Karen Read, 42, girlfriend of Boston police officer John O’Keefe, was allegedly drunk when she hit officer O’Keefe with her car, killing him. A Norfolk County grand jury indicted Read in June on charges of second-degree murder, motor vehicle manslaughter and leaving the scene of a collision causing death. Her defense team alleged that the death was caused by third parties.
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Lorin Marie Readmond *COP
Age :41
Gender :Female
Race : White
Date : 01/29/2022
Location : Hwy 302
City : Loving County
County : Loving
State : Texas
Agency : Loving County SO
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed in traffic collision on duty
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Loving County deputy Sheriff Lorin Readmondwas driving on Highway 302 to assist with a traffic stop when she crashed into a tractor trailer in front of her and died in the crash. It is unknown how fast she had been driving.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.odmp.org/officer/25904-deputy-sheriff-lorin-marie-readmond
Daniel Sahota*COP
Age :52
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/29/2022
Location : NE 84th Ave
City : Battle Ground
County : Clark
State : Washington
Agency : Clark County SO
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police in mistaken identity
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Clark County deputy Jonathan Feller was chasing a man accused of armed robbery through a neighborhood when he came upon Daniel Sahota and shot and killed him, mistaking him for the man he had been pursuing. Daniel Sahota, the man killed in mistaken identity, had been an officer at Clark County Sheriff’s Office and in his home when officer Feller arrived and mistook and shot him. This was the second fatal shooting for officer Jonathan Feller, the first being an incident in which he and 2 other deputies shot and killed Kevin Peterson, Jr. a 21-year-old black man in Clark County. Feller was cleared of this second killing as well.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.opb.org/article/2022/01/30/clark-county-deputy-shoots-kills-someone/
https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/jan/18/letter-lack-of-charges-troubling/
https://www.koin.com/news/washington/off-duty-vancouver-police-officer-killed-at-his-home/
Ramon Gutierrez*COP
Age :45
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 01/24/2022
Location : E Beltway+Tidwell Rd
City : Houston
County : Harris
State : Texas
Agency : Harris
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed in crash on duty
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Sergeant Ramon Gutierrez blocking an exit ramp with his motorcycle while providing escort to a heavy load when a woman attempted to drive around him and accidentally hit him on the East Beltway feeder road near Tidwell Road at about 1:00 am.
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Antonio Alvarez *COP 1 of 2
Age :31
Gender :Female
Race : Latinx
Date : 01/24/2022
Location : 1000 block of S Ave E
City : Chicago
County : Cook
State : Illinois
Agency : Illinois State Police
Cause of Death : Unknown
Event : Officer shot wife, then himself
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Amanda Alvarez-Calo was in the midst of divorcing her husband and starting a new life when she was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in her car on the 11000 block of S Ave E in Chicago. Next to her was her husband, Illinois State Police officer Antonio Alvarez, who had killed her, then committed suicide in the car.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2022/1/24/22899665/amanda-alvarez-calo-east-side-homicide
Charles Galloway *COP
Age :47
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/23/2022
Location : 9100 block of Beechnut St
City : Houston
County : Harris
State : Texas
Agency : Harris County Constable’s Office 5
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed on duty
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Corporal Charles Galloway was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop in the 9100 block of Beechnut Street at about 12:45 am.
The driver of the vehicle he stopped exited the car and opened fire, killing Corporal Galloway.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.odmp.org/officer/25892-corporal-charles-galloway
Anthony Salas
Age :37
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 01/22/2022
Location : Desert
City : Eagle Pass
County : Bexar
State : Texas
Agency : Texas DPS
Cause of Death : Unknown
Event : Killed in unspecified “work-related accident”
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Special Agent Anthony Salas was killed in an unspecified accident near Eagle Pass, Texas, while conducting joint tactical operations with the United States Border Patrol's BORTAC unit.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.odmp.org/officer/25893-special-agent-anthony-salas
Jason Rivera
Age :22
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 01/21/2022
Location : New York
City : New York
County : New York
State : New York
Agency : NYPD
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed on duty
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
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.
SOURCE LINKS :
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/
Wilbert D. Mora COP 2 of 3
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 01/21/2022
Location : W 135th St
City : New York
County : New York
State : New York
Agency : NYPD
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed on duty.
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
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.
SOURCE LINKS :
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/
Jason Rivera COP 1 of 3
Age :22
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 01/21/2022
Location : New York
City : New York
County : New York
State : New York
Agency : NYPD
Cause of Death : Unknown
Event : Killed on duty
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
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.
SOURCE LINKS :
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/
Tyler Lenehan *COP
Age :44
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/21/2022
Location : Hwy 99
City : Sacramento
County : Sacramento
State : California
Agency : Elk Grove PD
Cause of Death : Unknown
Event : Killed on duty in crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Officer Lenehanof Elk Grove PD died on Friday, January 21, 2022 after suffering major injuries in a motorcycle crash on Highway 99 in Sacramento.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/jermaine-walton-court-tyler-lenehan/
https://www.odmp.org/officer/25889-police-officer-tyler-lenehan
Johnny Patterson *COP
Age :58
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/21/2022
Location : Noah Curtis St
City : Shannon
County : Lee
State : Mississippi
Agency : Lee County School District PD (SRO)
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : SRO struck by car while directing traffic
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
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.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.odmp.org/officer/25891-school-resource-officer-johnny-patterson
Corille Cortez Jones *COP 2 of 2
Age :32
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 01/20/2022
Location : E Shelby Dr+Pleasant Hill Rd
City : Memphis
County : Shelby
State : Tennessee
Agency : Memphis PD
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed in crash on duty
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
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.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.odmp.org/officer/25884-police-officer-corille-cortez-jones
Fernando Uriel Arroyos *COP
Age :27
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 01/10/2022
Location : 1700 block of E 87th St
City : Los Angeles
County : Los Angeles
State : California
Agency : LAPD
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed off-duty during attempted robbery
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
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.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.odmp.org/officer/25864-police-officer-ii-fernando-uriel-arroyos
Diane Gonzalez *COP 2 of 2
Age :
Gender :Female
Race : Unknown
Date : 01/10/2022
Location : East+Chapel St
City : New Haven
County : New Haven
State : Connecticut
Agency : New Haven PD
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed on duty when 2 patrol cars collided
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
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.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.odmp.org/officer/25860-police-officer-diane-gonzalez
Dario Scott Aponte *COP 1 of 2
Age :56
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/10/2022
Location : Not Disclosed
City : New Haven
County : New Haven
State : Connecticut
Agency : New Haven PD
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed when 2 patrol cars collided
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
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.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.odmp.org/officer/19549-sergeant-dario-scott-aponte
Nicholas Ouellette
Age :16
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 09/10/2021
Location : I-89
City : Bow
County : Merrimack
State : New Hampshire
Agency : Bow Police Department
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Officer crashed his vehicle for undisclosed reasons
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
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
SOURCE LINKS :
• 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