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Jimmy Waller *COP

Case # :331

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 05/03/2024

Location : Unknown

City : Conroe

County : Trinity

State : Texas

Agency : Conroe Police Department

Officer(s) : Jimmy Waller

Cause of death : Unknown

Event : Officer killed by tornado in his own home

Open records summary :

Conroe PD Lt. Jimmy Waller died in a EF-1 tornado inside of his home.

Source links :

https://abc13.com/conroe-police-death-lt-jimmy-waller-texas-pd-lieutenant-dies-trinity-county/14762952/

Kevin Gilbert *COP

Case # :330

Age :62

Gender :Male

Race : Black

Date : 05/03/2024

Location : South River

City : Newark

County : Essex

State : New Jersey

Agency : Newark Police Department

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Fire

Event : Retired officer killed in gas explosion

Open records summary :

Retired Newark officer Kevin Gilbert was killed when his house exploded, presumably from gas explosion.

Source links :

https://pix11.com/news/morning/former-police-officer-killed-in-nj-house-explosion-son-injured-officials/

Philip J. Michael *COP

Case # :329

Age :51

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 05/03/2024

Location : Unknown

City : Fayette County

County : Fayette

State : Pennsylvania

Agency : Pennsylvania State Constable

Officer(s) : Philip Michael

Cause of death : Unknown

Event : Killed in vehicle crash on duty

Open records summary :

 

 

Source links :

https://www.odmp.org/officer/27070-constable-philip-john-michael

Alden Elliott *COP 1 of 5

Case # :328

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/29/2024

Location : Galway Drive near Denson Place

City : Charlotte

County : Charlotte-Mecklenburg

State : North Carolina

Agency : Charlotte Police Department

Officer(s) : Numerous

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Killed in major shootout

Open records summary :

US Marshals and Charlotte Police engaged in a shootout with a man during arrest. Four officers and the targeted man were all killed and 3 additional officers injured in the massive shootout that reportedly lasted 30 minutes nonstop.

Source links :

https://www.wbtv.com/2024/04/29/cmpd-issues-severe-alert-active-investigation-underway-northeast-charlotte/

Sam Poloche *COP 2 of 5

Case # :327

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 04/29/2024

Location : Galway Drive near Denson Place

City : Charlotte

County : Charlotte-Mecklenburg

State : North Carolina

Agency : Department of Adult Corrections

Officer(s) : Numerous

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Killed in major shootout

Open records summary :

US Marshals and Charlotte Police engaged in a shootout with a man during arrest. Four officers and the targeted man were all killed and 3 additional officers injured in the massive shootout that reportedly lasted 30 minutes nonstop.

Source links :

https://www.wbtv.com/2024/04/29/cmpd-issues-severe-alert-active-investigation-underway-northeast-charlotte/

Thomas Meeks *COP 3 of 5

Case # :326

Age :48

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/29/2024

Location : Galway Drive near Denson Place

City : Charlotte

County : Charlotte-Mecklenburg

State : North Carolina

Agency : US Marshals

Officer(s) : Numerous

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Killed in major shootout

Open records summary :

US Marshals and Charlotte Police engaged in a shootout with a man during arrest. Four officers and the targeted man were all killed and 3 additional officers injured in the massive shootout that reportedly lasted 30 minutes nonstop.

Source links :

https://www.wbtv.com/2024/04/29/cmpd-issues-severe-alert-active-investigation-underway-northeast-charlotte/

Joshua Eyer *COP 4 of 5

Case # :325

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 04/29/2024

Location : Galway Drive near Denson Place

City : Charlotte

County : Charlotte-Mecklenburg

State : North Carolina

Agency : Charlotte Police Department

Officer(s) : Numerous

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Killed in major shootout

Open records summary :

US Marshals and Charlotte Police engaged in a shootout with a man during arrest. Four officers and the targeted man were all killed and 3 additional officers injured in the massive shootout that reportedly lasted 30 minutes nonstop.

Source links :

https://www.wbtv.com/2024/04/29/cmpd-issues-severe-alert-active-investigation-underway-northeast-charlotte/

Jonathan Stewart

Case # :324

Age :41

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/27/2024

Location : South Los Angeles LASD Station

City : Los Angeles

County : Los Angeles

State : California

Agency : LASD

Officer(s) : Jonathan Stewart

Cause of death : Overdose

Event : Died from methamphetamine overdose while on duty

Open records summary :

Deputy Jonathan Stewart was found dead at work at the South LA station. Toxicology report came back as methamphetamine overdose.

 

Source links :

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/south-los-angeles-deputy-was-killed-by-meth-coroner-finds/

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/l-a-county-sheriffs-department-mourning-unexpected-loss-of-longtime-deputy/

Russell Croxton *COP

Case # :323

Age :51

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/27/2024

Location : U.S. 167

City : Lincoln Parish

County : Lincoln Parish

State : Louisiana

Agency : Dubach Police Department

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Vehicle

Event : Officer killed by semi on duty

Open records summary :

Officer Russell Croxton of the Dubach PD pulled over a vehicle and parked his cruiser on US-167. As he got out of the vehicle, he was hit and killed by a tractor trailer on the narrow highway. Croxton’s father had been a local police officer who had died under similar circumstances.

Source links :

https://www.knoe.com/2024/04/28/dubach-officer-killed-by-passing-vehicle-during-traffic-stop-lsp-says/

Ian Taylor *COP

Case # :322

Age :49

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/26/2024

Location : Unknown

City : Billerica

County : Middlesex

State : Massachusetts

Agency : Billerica Police Department

Officer(s) : Ian Taylor

Cause of death : Vehicle

Event : Killed on duty by construction excavator

Open records summary :

Sgt. Ian Taylor was working on a road construction project when he was run over and killed by an excavator.

Source links :

https://www.wcvb.com/article/billerica-officer-struck-april-26-2024/60620480

Reymundo Caldera *COP

Case # :321

Age :43

Gender :Male

Race : Latinx

Date : 04/26/2024

Location : Golden State Boulevard

City : Kingsburg

County : Fresno

State : California

Agency : Corcoran State Prison

Officer(s) : Reymundo Caldera

Cause of death : Vehicle

Event : Officer killed by oncoming train

Open records summary :

Officer Reymundo Caldera was hit by a train and died.

Source links :

https://www.corrections1.com/cdcr/calif-corrections-officer-killed-in-crash

John Coddou *COP

Case # :320

Age :51

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/24/2024

Location : Highway 99

City : Houston

County : Harris

State : Texas

Agency : Harris County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) : John Coddou

Cause of death : Vehicle

Event : Killed on duty in traffic

Open records summary :

Deputy John Coddou died while helping during accident and getting hit by a passing vehicle.

Source links :

https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/texas-deputy-dies-after-being-hit-by-truck-while-19418785.php

https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/04/23/deputy-dies-after-vehicle-hits-him-highway-while-assisting-others-crash-scene/

Elias Huizar *COP

Case # :319

Age :39

Gender :Male

Race : Latinx

Date : 04/23/2024

Location : I-5

City : Near Albany

County : Floyd

State : Oregon

Agency : Oregon State Police

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Officer killed girlfriend, shot and killed

Open records summary :

Former Yakima SRO officer Elias Huizar had stabbed his ex-girlfriend and ex-wife to death and abducted his 1-year-old son in Salem. Police located him in Oregon when he made an ATM transaction and police identified his license plates as being stolen. Police escalated a chase up to speeds of 110 mph. A PIT maneuver was carried out with Huizar and the toddler in the vehicle at high speeds. The top cop from the Oregon State Police, Superintendent Casey Codding and others had joined the chase.

Police attacked the vehicle with PIT maneuvers twice and both times, Huizar was able to recover and flee again. When he stopped for the third time, he engaged in a shootout with police and ultimately committed suicide under police duress. His son was found unharmed in the backseat.

SRO Officer Huizar had also been under investigation for inappropriate relationships with minors in the past with charges of inappropriate relationships with underage girls on at least 2 occasions. His girlfriend whom he also killed was 17 years old. He had been in a relationship with her since she was in sixth grade and he was an SRO at her school, engaging in sex during school hours with her. His ex-wife had also been a minor when he initiated the relationship with her. Both girls bore him children. When the sexual assault against minors allegations became known, he was removed from the Yakima middle school and placed in yet another school, this time as substitute teacher at Franklin Middle School.

When a third 16-year-old girl made statements that she had also been molested, Huizar seemingly snapped, killed his ex-wife, his live-in underage girlfriend and fled, ultimately leading to a prolonged police chase and suicide under police duress.

Source links :

https://www.police1.com/pursuit/bwc-video-shows-intense-shootout-between-ore-police-ex-cop-murder-suspect

Chanterria "Mackey" Albert *COP

Case # :318

Age :23

Gender :Female

Race : Black

Date : 04/23/2024

Location : Park Avenue

City : Opelousas

County : Landry

State : Louisiana

Agency : St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office, Opelousas Police Department Officer(s) : Chanterria Albert

Officer(s) :

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Officer killed off-duty

Open records summary :

Off-duty corrections officer Chanterria Albert was shot and killed while off-duty and died. A second person also injured in the same shooting was taken to the hospital. It is unknown who shot her or why.

Source links :

https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/crime_police/corrections-deputy-killed-in-tuesday-opelousas-shooting/article_0dc94aa6-025e-11ef-aea3-3bd5f247e24d.html

Elias Huizar *COP

Case # :317

Age :40

Gender :Male

Race : Latinx

Date : 04/23/2024

Location : I-5

City : Eugene

County : Lane

State : Oregon

Agency : Washington State Police, Oregon State Police

Officer(s) : Elias Huizar

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Suicide under police duress

Open records summary :

Washington State Police Officer Elias Huizar shot and killed his ex-wife and a teenage girl in front of their 9-year-old. The teenage girl was Angelica Santos, 17, who was his girlfriend. He had worked as a SRO officer at a school when he impregnated her, then aged 15. She bore his son who was 1 year old whom Huizar abducted after murdering his teenage girlfriend.

Even when it became known that he had raped at least 2 underage girls and one of them bore his child, he was merely fired from Yakima PD and rehired by the school where he remained, this time as substitute teacher, while not being incarcerated while awaiting his trial and living with the girl who was now 17 and their 1-year-old son.

He had been due in court for child rape for having impregnated the schoolgirl and also for raping her underage friend, when he went on a homicide spree, killing his ex-wife in front of their 9-year-old son and killing his 17-year-old live-in girlfriend. These deaths are not listed individually on this database because they occurred before police became involved in the fatal chase ending in the suicide of Huizar.

After killing his ex-wife and teenage girlfriend, Huizar fled, was chased by police and caught on the I-5 near Eugene, Oregon where he fled and ran into a commercial vehicle. When police approached the vehicle, he committed suicide under police duress. He had the 1-year-old boy he had stolen from his ex-wife with him when he died.

Source links :

https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/crime/2024/04/23/police-standoff-oregon-elias-huizar/73431313007/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13342817/Elias-Huizer-shot-car-one-year-old-son-safe-murder-ex-wife-teen-girlfriend.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/elias-huizar-former-yakima-cop-035900951.html

Anthony Ward *COP

Case # :316

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/21/2024

Location : I-695

City : Baltimore

County : Baltimore

State : Maryland

Agency : Baltimore Police Department SWAT

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Vehicle

Event : Killed in vehicle crash

Open records summary :

Baltimore SWAT Officer Anthony Ward was killed in a freeway crash.

Source links :

https://dailyvoice.com/maryland/baltimore/baltimore-swat-police-anthony-ward-crash/

Eleanor Birrittella *COP

Case # :315

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/21/2024

Location : Bronx River Parkway

City : Scarsdale

County : Westchester

State : New York

Agency : Westchester County Department of Correction

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Unknown

Event : Officer killed in crash

Open records summary :

Officer Eleanor Birrittella was killed in a single motorcycle crash.

Source links :

https://westchester.news12.com/colleagues-remember-woman-killed-in-bronx-river-parkway-crash-as-an-exceptional-correction-officer

Nancy Dominguez *COP

Case # :314

Age :

Gender :Female

Race : Latinx

Date : 04/21/2024

Location : E. Lucas Road and Lakeview Drive

City : Princeton

County : Collin

State : Texas

Agency : Princeton Police Department

Officer(s) : Nancy Dominguez

Cause of death : Vehicle

Event : Killed in traffic collision off-duty

Open records summary :

Officer Nancy Dominguez of the Princeton PD died in a car crash off-duty.

Source links :

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/off-duty-police-officer-in-princeton-killed-in-tragic-car-crash/3520542/

Kyle Hicks *COP 1 of 2

Case # :313

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/20/2024

Location : Unknown

City : Corpus Christi

County : Nueces

State : Texas

Agency : Corpus Christi Police Department

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Killed on duty

Open records summary :

Officer Kyle Hicks of the Corpus Christi PD was shot and killed during a domestic violence call. Police killed a 26-year-old unnamed man during the same shootout.

Source links :

https://www.police1.com/officer-down/texas-officer-dies-days-after-being-shot-by-suspect

Tobin Bolter *COP 1 of 2

Case # :312

Age :27

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/20/2024

Location : Unknown

City : Boise

County : Ada

State : Idaho

Agency : Ada County Sheriff's Office

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Officer killed at traffic stop

Open records summary :

Boise Officer Tobin Bolter made a traffic stop and as he walked up to the vehicle, the driver shot and killed him. The driver fled. As police chased him, a crash occurred, injuring another deputy. Police located the shooter, an unidentified 65-year-old male, and shot and killed him.

Source links :

https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/crime/boise-deputy-shooting-ada-county/277-f5e64dfc-6807-46bd-b83b-41c2cdc316de

Luis M. Huesca *COP

Case # :311

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : Latinx

Date : 04/20/2024

Location : 8th Police District

City : Chicago

County : Cook

State : Illinois

Agency : Chicago Police Department, 5th District/Priority Response Team

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Officer killed at end of shift

Open records summary :

ShotSpotter went off, alerting nearby police of shots fired near the 8th Police District in the Gage neighborhood of Chicago. Police arrived and found an officer who had just gotten off work shot dead and his vehicle gone.

Source links :

https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-police-today-officer-shot/14707132/

Steven Allen Singer *COP

Case # :310

Age :48

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/18/2024

Location : Lake Lafayette

City : Lake Lafayette

County : Lafayette

State : Missouri

Agency : Lake Lafayette Police Department

Officer(s) : Steven Allen Singer

Cause of death : Medical Emergency

Event : Died suddenly during foot chase

Open records summary :

Lafayette PD chief Steven Allen Singer chased several individuals on foot and suffered a fatal heart attack during the pursuit.

Source links :

https://www.odmp.org/officer/26996-chief-of-police-steven-allen-singer

Kandice Straub *COP

Case # :309

Age :

Gender :Female

Race : White

Date : 04/18/2024

Location : Unknown

City : Parma

County : Cuyahoga

State : Ohio

Agency : Parma Police Department

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Officer committed suicide

Open records summary :

SWAT officer Kandice Straub committed suicide.

Source links :

https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cuyahoga-county/parma-police-death-officer-kandice-straub/95-e909a17c-a2a5-48e6-a147-80e92740202b

Name Not Disclosed *COP

Case # :308

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 04/18/2024

Location : First Baptist Christian School

City : Lafayette

County : Lafayette Parish

State :

Agency : Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : SRO officer committed suic

Open records summary :

 

An unnamed SRO officer from Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office shot and killed himself on duty.

Source links :

https://www.klfy.com/local/lafayette-parish/lpso-reporting-incident-involving-sro-near-first-baptist-christian-school/

Brian Herbert *COP

Case # :307

Age :56

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/17/2024

Location : 8657 Co Road 1701

City : Hominy

County : Osage

State : Oklahoma

Agency : Osage Nation Police Department, Tribal Police

Officer(s) : Brian Herbert

Cause of death : Medical Emergency

Event : Died during training exercise on shooting range

Open records summary :

Investigator Brian Herbert suffered a heart attack at the shooting range at 8657 Co Road 1701 in Hominy, Oklahoma.

Source links :

https://www.odmp.org/officer/27008-investigator-brian-herbert

Name Not Disclosed *COP

Case # :306

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 04/17/2024

Location : 200 W. Convent Street, First Baptist Christian School

City : Lafayette

County : Lafayette Parish

State : Louisiana

Agency : Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : SRO officer committed suicide

Open records summary :

An SRO officer committed suicide under undisclosed circumstances.

Source links :

https://www.kadn.com/news/local/lafayette-school-resource-officer-dies-after-shooting-self-2nd-lpso-deputy-suicide-in-3-years/article_411b720a-fcd5-11ee-8e95-430f42a6b29a.html

Fred Fislar *COP

Case # :305

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 04/15/2024

Location : State Road 267 and County Road 300 North

City : Plainfield

County : Hendricks

State : Indiana

Agency : Hendricks County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Unknown

Event : Electrocuted by downed power lines

Open records summary :

Deputy Fislar came in contact with downed power lines at a crash site, was electrocuted and died.

Source links :

https://www.wrtv.com/hendricks-co-deputy-killed-after-coming-into-contact-with-power-lines

Michael Jensen *COP 2 of 3

Case # :304

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/14/2024

Location : Salina suburb

City : Liverpool

County : Onondaga

State : New York

Agency : Syracuse Police Department, Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : One of 3 killed in police shootout

Open records summary :

Syracuse PD and Onondaga deputies chased a driver for failed traffic stop. The officers tracked the car and caught up with it in front of a home. They approached the car and 2 officers were shot and killed. The man whom they had engaged in a shootout with was also shot and killed.

Source links :

https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/us-news/syracuse-cop-and-onondaga-sheriffs-deputy-shot-and-killed-in-salina/

https://www.cnycentral.com/news/local/officers-killed-in-line-of-duty-identified-as-young-police-officer-and-seasoned-deputy-salina-syracuse-police-onondaga-county-sheriffs-office-michael-jensen-michael-hoosock-shooting-gunfire-fatal

Michael Hosook *COP 3 of 3

Case # :303

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/14/2024

Location : Salina suburb

City : Liverpool

County : Onondaga

State : New York

Agency : Syracuse Police Department, Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : One of 3 killed in police shootout

Open records summary :

Syracuse PD and Onondaga deputies chased a driver for failed traffic stop. The officers tracked the car and caught up with it in front of a home. They approached the car and 2 officers were shot and killed. The man whom they had engaged in a shootout with was also shot and killed.

Source links :

https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/us-news/syracuse-cop-and-onondaga-sheriffs-deputy-shot-and-killed-in-salina/

https://www.cnycentral.com/news/local/officers-killed-in-line-of-duty-identified-as-young-police-officer-and-seasoned-deputy-salina-syracuse-police-onondaga-county-sheriffs-office-michael-jensen-michael-hoosock-shooting-gunfire-fatal

Joshua Tyree Ballesteros *COP

Case # :302

Age :30

Gender :Male

Race : Black

Date : 04/14/2024

Location : North Congress Avenue

City : West Palm Beach

County : Palm Beach

State : Florida

Agency : West Palm Beach Police Department

Officer(s) : Joshua Ballesteros

Cause of death : Vehicle

Event : Off-duty officer killed in single-vehicle crash

Open records summary :

West Palm Beach PD officer Joshua Ballesteros drove at night and crashed into a canal upside down and died in a single-vehicle accident for unexplained reasons.

 

Source links :

https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-off-duty-west-palm-beach-police-officer-dies-after-car-crashes-into-canal/60505078

Brent Hall *COP

Case # :301

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/13/2024

Location : Kart Country

City : Shepherdsville

County : Bullitt

State : Kentucky

Agency : Pioneer Village Police Department

Officer(s) : Brent Hall

Cause of death : Medical Emergency

Event : Died from heart attack on moonlighting job

Open records summary :

Officer Brent Hall died while working on a moonlighting job and running after juveniles entering an establishment. Officer Hall had been charged and tried for rape and sodomy for a 2020 rape of an intoxicated woman he met on duty when he returned to her house after the police call and raped her. The case resulted in a mistrial and he left Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office, his employer of the rape incident, and was employed until his death as a police officer for the Pioneer Village PD.

Source links :

https://www.wlky.com/article/bullitt-county-police-officer-dies-heart-attack-while-working-off-duty/60488992

His prior rape case:
https://www.wdrb.com/news/crime-reports/trial-begins-for-former-bullitt-county-deputy-charged-with-raping-woman-after-service-call/article_ba00c0c0-d58a-11ee-a147-2bee38da7367.html

https://www.wlky.com/article/former-bullitt-county-deputy-brent-hall-rape-case-mistrial/60029343

Ross Bartlett *COP

Case # :300

Age :54

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/13/2024

Location : Highway 77

City : Ceresco

County : Saunders

State : Nebraska

Agency : Ceresco Police Department

Officer(s) : Ross Bartlett

Cause of death : Vehicle

Event : Killed during traffic stop

Open records summary :

Officer Ross Bartlett of the Ceresco PD had just parked his vehicle on the freeway shoulder while making a traffic stop when a pickup rear-ended the parked cruiser, pushed it into the traffic-stopped vehicle, killing Officer Bartlett.

Source links :

https://www.counton2.com/news/national-news/ap-veteran-nebraska-police-officer-killed-in-crash-when-pickup-truck-rear-ended-his-cruiser/

Daniel Okamoto *COP

Case # :299

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : Asian

Date : 04/12/2024

Location : Unknown

City : Los Angeles

County : Los Angeles

State : California

Agency : LASD

Officer(s) : Daniel Okamoto

Cause of death : Vehicle

Event : Killed in off-duty crash

Open records summary :

Deputy Daniel Okamoto of LASD was killed in an early Friday morning crash in an undisclosed location. No details were provided by police or media.

Source links :

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/l-a-county-sheriffs-deputy-killed-in-crash/

Joseph McKinney *COP 2 of 2

Case # :298

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 04/12/2024

Location : Horn Lake Road and Charter Avenue

City : Memphis/Whitehaven

County : Shelby

State : Tennessee

Agency : Memphis Police Department

Officer(s) : Joseph McKinney

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Killed in shootout between police and teenagers

Open records summary :

Memphis PD approached a vehicle they declared as “suspicious” and engaged in a shootout with the teenage occupants. One unnamed 18-year-old male and one officer, Joseph McKinney of Memphis PD, were killed and 3 others were hospitalized while 3 officers were injured, 2 of whom remain hospitalized and one 17-year-old passenger is hospitalized in unknown condition. The coroner later revealed that Officer Joseph McKinney was killed by “friendly fire” from another officer, not the teenager they had targeted.

Source links :

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/memphis-police-officer-teen-suspect-killed-early-morning-shootout-rcna147560

https://www.wknofm.org/news/2024-04-17/friendly-fire-believed-to-have-struck-memphis-officer-killed-in-shootout

Derek Sean Baer *COP

Case # :297

Age :49

Gender :Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 04/09/2024

Location : Unknown

City : Ranson

County : Jefferson

State : West Virginia

Agency : USPS Inspector General’s Office

Officer(s) : Derek Sean Baer

Cause of death : Unknown

Event : Killed by vehicle crash

Open records summary :

Special Agent Sean Baer was killed in a head-on vehicle crash at the intersection of Route 9 and Oak Lee Drive in Ranson, West Virginia, at about 1:50 pm.

Source links :

https://www.odmp.org/officer/26996-chief-of-police-steven-allen-singer

Rodney Osborne *COP

Case # :296

Age :

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/09/2024

Location : Corrections Training Academy

City : Pickaway County

County : Pickaway

State : Ohio

Agency : Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction

Officer(s) : Rodney Osborne

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Killed during training exercise

Open records summary :

Lieutenant Rodney Osborne, member of a

 

special response team and the statewide special tactics and response team, was shot and killed during a training exercise.

 

Source links :

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/pickaway-county/corrections-officer-killed-during-exercise-at-pickaway-county-training-academy/

Rudopho Arizola *COP

Case # :295

Age :40

Gender :Male

Race : Latinx

Date : 04/09/2024

Location : Quik Trip

City : Decatur

County : Wise

State : Tennessee

Agency : Decatur Police Department

Officer(s) : Rudolph Arizola

Cause of death : Medical Emergency

Event : Died suddenly

Open records summary :

Officer Rudolpho Arizola died suddenly at the QuikTrip in Decatur.

Source links :

https://www.wcmessenger.com/articles/decatur-officer-dies-off-duty/

Greg Wiland *COP

Case # :294

Age :42

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/09/2024

Location : Unknown

City : Allegheny County

County : Allegheny

State : Pennsylvania

Agency : Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) : Greg Wiland

Cause of death : Unknown

Event : Died suddenly and unexpectedly from undisclosed cause

Open records summary :

Deputy Greg Wiland died suddenly and unexpectedly from undisclosed causes on 04/09/2024.

Source links :

https://www.yahoo.com/news/deputy-allegheny-county-sheriff-office-202243216.html

Andrew John Faught *COP

Case # :293

Age :27

Gender :Male

Race : White

Date : 04/08/2024

Location : St. Marie Road

City : Olney

County : Richland

State : Illinois

Agency : Illinois Department of Corrections

Officer(s) : Unknown

Cause of death : Vehicle

Event : Killed in traffic during frontal passing maneuver

Open records summary :

Correctional Sergeant Drew Faught was killed in a vehicle collision on St. Marie Road in Olney en route to a tactical call at the Lawrence Correctional Center. As he passed another vehicle in heavy fog, he crashed into another car.

Source links :

https://www.odmp.org/officer/26995-correctional-sergeant-andrew-john-faught

Celal Cenker Surgit *COP

Case # :292

Age :54

Gender :Male

Race : Middle Eastern

Date : 04/05/2024

Location : West Ridge

City : Chicago

County : Cook

State : Illinois

Agency : Chicago Police Department

Officer(s) : Celal Cenker Surgit

Cause of death : Gunshot

Event : Officer committed suicide

Open records summary :

Chicago PD officer Celal Cenker Surgit committed suicide at his home while off-duty. He had been an immigrant from Turkey.

Source links :

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/05/16/off-duty-chicago-police-officer-dies-by-apparent-suicide-in-west-loop-home