COPS 2022 – present
Search fatalities
You can use any or all of the fields to refine the search.
Joshua Malloy *COP
Case # :211
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 12/24/2023
Location : Road 49
City : Gilcrest
County : Weld
State : Colorado
Agency : Adams County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) : Joshua Malloy
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed on duty in crash
Open records summary :
A vehicle swerved into oncoming traffic, killing an off-duty Colorado officer.
Source links :
Juan Tierney Hall *COP
Case # :210
Age :42
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 12/20/2023
Location : 2100 block of Emerald Point Drive
City : Tuscaloosa
County : Jefferson
State : Alabama
Agency : efferson County SO
Officer(s) : Juan Tierney Hall
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Off-duty officer killed after targeting and shooting a man
Open records summary :
Jefferson County Deputy Juan Tierney Hall knocked on a door, gun in hand, while off-duty and when the unnamed 33-year-old man opened the door, the deputy opened fire and injured him. The injured man fired back and an injured Deputy Hall ran and collapsed in a grassy area and died. The deputy was not acting in the line of duty and it is unclear why he pursued and shot a man.
Source links :
Dan Didato *COP
Case # :209
Age :47
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 12/19/2023
Location : Taconic State Parkway
City : Fishkill
County : Dutchess
State : New York
Agency : East Fishkill PD
Officer(s) : Dan Didato
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Officer killed in on-duty crash
Open records summary :
An officer was on duty when his patrol vehicle hit a tree and he died.
Source links :
John Simpson
Case # :208
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 12/13/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Edenton
County : Chowan
State : North Carolina
Agency : Edenton Police Department
Officer(s) : John Simpson
Cause of death : Unknown
Event : Died suddenly and unexpectedly while off-duty at home
Open records summary :
| Officer John Simpson of the Edenton PD died suddenly unexpectedly at home from undisclosed causes. |
Source links :
https://www.witn.com/2023/12/18/edenton-police-mourn-death-longtime-sergeant/
Stephen Gibson *COP
Case # :207
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 12/12/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Somervell
County : Somervell
State : Texas
Agency : Somervell County SO
Officer(s) : Stephen Gibson
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed in vehicle crash
Open records summary :
An investigator with the Somervell County Sheriff’s Office was killed in a two-vehicle collision Wednesday morning.
Source links :
https://www.police1.com/officer-down/texas-sheriffs-office-investigator-killed-in-on-duty-crash
Brandon Joyner *COP
Case # :206
Age :46
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 12/11/2023
Location :
City : Smyrna
County : Rutherford
State : Tennessee
Agency : LaVergne PD
Officer(s) : Brandon Joyner
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Officer died in single vehicle crash
Open records summary :
Officer Brandon Joyner was found in a ditch full of water after having crashed his vehicle. He was deceased. It is not known what led up to the accident.
Source links :
Byard Cummings *COP
Case # :205
Age :53
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 12/10/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Samburg
County : Obion
State : Tennessee
Agency : Samburg PD
Officer(s) : Byard Cummings
Cause of death : Medical Emergency
Event : Died on duty from medical emergency
Open records summary :
Police chief Byard Cummings helped take down a beaver dam that was causing flooding. He did not feel well when he left the scene and was found dead of a heart attack at his office shortly thereafter.
Source links :
https://www.odmp.org/officer/26870-chief-of-police-christopher-byard-cummings
Timothy Siwula *COP
Case # :204
Age :34
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 12/09/2023
Location : 179th Street and La Grange Road
City : Chicago
County : Cook
State : Illinois
Agency : Chicago PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Off-duty officer involved in fatal crash
Open records summary :
An off-duty Chicago PD officer who has not been named yet was involved in a crash on 179th Street and LaGrange Road in Tinley Park at 2:30 a.m. when running into another driver. The officer died from injuries. No more information is available yet.
Source links :
Steven Iguess *COP
Case # :203
Age :49
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 12/06/2023
Location : Mermentau River
City : Welsh
County : Cameron Parish
State : Louisiana
Agency : Welsh PD
Officer(s) : Steven Iguess
Cause of death : Unknown
Event : Drowned off-duty
Open records summary :
fficer Steven Iguess went fishing on the Mermentau River and vanished on Thanksgiving Day. His body was found a week later on 12/06/2023. He had drowned.
Source links :
Russell Earl Lavarl Jones *COP
Case # :202
Age :36
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 12/06/2023
Location : Pamlico County Detention Center
City : Bayboro
County : Pamlico
State : North Carolina
Agency : Pamlico County SO
Officer(s) : Russell Jones
Cause of death : Medical Emergency
Event : Died on duty from medical emergency
Open records summary :
Sergeant Russell Jones suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to a disruptive inmate at the Pamlico County Detention Center in Bayboro.
Source links :
https://www.corrections1.com/lodd/n-c-detention-officer-dies-after-suffering-medical-emergency
https://www.odmp.org/officer/26862-sergeant-russell-earl-lavarl-jones
Paul Tracey *COP 2 of 2
Case # :201
Age :57
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 12/06/2023
Location : Totten Pond Rd
City : Waltham
County : Middlesex
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Waltham PD
Officer(s) : Paul tracey
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by fleeing motorist
Open records summary :
Officer Paul Tracey was working at a road construction site when a vehicle made a U-turn on the road, hit a vehicle, kept driving, hit and killed Officer Paul Tracey and a 36-year-old construction worker on the road, then pulled a knife and at knife point stole a police cruiser and drove away in it. He abandoned the cruiser and fled on foot and was arrested. Officer Paul Tracey and the unnamed 36-year-old road worker both died from the impact of the fleeing car.
Source links :
Source links :
https://www.wcvb.com/article/crash-totten-pond-road-waltham-massachusetts/46057299
Paul Martin *COP
Case # :200
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 12/06/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Bismarck
County : Mercer
State : North Dakota
Agency : Bismarck PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed while placing stop sticks
Open records summary :
Republican Senator Kevin Cramer’s son Ian Cramer was in the process of being taken to the emergency room for acute hallucinations. He was known to be mentally ill. In the emergency room, he jumped in the driver’s seat of his sister’s car and drove away. The Mercer County Sheriff’s Office chased him into Hazen, ND. A deputy had parked his vehicle on the side of the road and was placing stop sticks to stop Cramer when Cramer crashed into the empty patrol car and accidentally killed the deputy who was placing stop sticks at the time to stop the fleeing vehicle.
Source links :
https://www.kfyrtv.com/2023/12/07/mercer-county-sheriffs-deputy-dies-during-pursuit/
Jimmy Nowak *COP
Case # :199
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 12/03/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Oak Creek
County : Milwaukee
State : Wisconsin
Agency : Milwaukee PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Officer killed in off-duty crash
Open records summary :
Milwaukee PD officer Jimmy Nowak was injured in an off-duty crash and died from his injuries days later in the hospital. He had been severaly intoxicated with a BAC of 0.241.
Source links :
Gregory Furtado *COP
Case # :198
Age :41
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 12/03/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Cape and Islands District
County : Barnstable
State : Massachusetts
Agency : Massachusetts State Police
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Unknown
Event : Died on duty suddenly and mysteriously, no disclosure on cause of death
Open records summary :
Narcotics Sgt. Greg Furtado of the Massachusetts State Police died suddenly and allegedly “tragically.” The cause of death was not disclosed.
Source links :
Michael Abbate *COP 1 of 2
Case # :197
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/30/2023
Location :
City : Las Vegas
County : Clarke
State : Nevada
Agency : Las Vegas Metro PD
Officer(s) :
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed on duty by DUI driver
Open records summary :
Trooper Alberto Felix and Sergeant Michael Abbate were struck and killed by a drunk driver at 3:23 a.m. off Interstate 15 near D Street in Las Vegas. He and Trooper Abbate were checking on a different drunk driver when killed.
Source links :
Alberto Felix *COP 2 of 2
Case # :196
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 11/30/2023
Location : I-15
City : Las Vegas
County : Clarke
State : Nevada
Agency : Las Vegas Metro PD
Officer(s) : Alberto Felix, Michael Abbate
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed on duty by DUI driver
Open records summary :
Trooper Alberto Felix and Sergeant Michael Abbate were struck and killed by a drunk driver at 3:23 a.m. off Interstate 15 near D Street in Las Vegas. He and Trooper Abbate were checking on a different drunk driver when killed.
Source links :
ttps://www.odmp.org/officer/26840-trooper-alberto-felix
Brian Manecke *COP
Case # :195
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/30/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Richmond
County : Lincoln
State : Georgia
Agency : Richmond County SO
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide while under investigation
Open records summary :
Richmond County Sheriff’s investigator Brian Manecke posted images of 2 young girls in “Taboo” with a host of suggestive comments by group members in a FB group. The parents of the young girls were both cops and an investigation began. Investigator Manecke disappeared and was found dead in his vehicle 9 days later, allegedly from suicide.
Source links :
https://www.wrdw.com/video/2023/12/01/gbi-wraps-up-investigation-deputy-who-killed-himself/
Michael Moran *COP 2 of 2
Case # :194
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/29/2023
Location : S Broadway
City : Cortez
County : Montezuma
State : Colorado
Agency : Cortez PD
Officer(s) : Michael Moran
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed on duty
Open records summary :
K9 officer Michael Moran traffic-stopped a vehicle in Cortez. It is currently unknown what transpired but a shootout between Officer Moran and an unidentified man occurred and Officer Moran was shot and injured, later died in the hospital. Police chased the man and found him on Highway 160-491 was killed in the line of duty on 11/29/2023.
Source links :
Edwin Espinoza *COP
Case # :193
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/27/2023
Location : 95th+Harlem
City : Chicago
County : Cook
State : Illinois
Agency : Chicago PD
Officer(s) : Edwin Espinoza
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Off-duty officer died in crash for unknown reasons
Open records summary :
Probation officer Edwin Espinoza died in a single vehicle crash on the freeway offramp. It is unknown what led to this early morning crash.
Source links :
Ciji Graham *COP
Case # :192
Age :34
Gender :Female
Race : Black
Date : 11/21/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Greensboro
County : Guilford
State : North Carolina
Agency : Greensboro Police Department
Officer(s) : Ciji Graham
Cause of death : Unknown
Event : Died suddenly in her sleep
Open records summary :
Greensboro PD officer Ciji Graham died suddenly from allegedly natural causes in her home.
Source links :
https://www.wxii12.com/article/greensboro-police-department-officer-dies-north-carolina/45908039
Natalie Brown-Denby *COP
Case # :191
Age :32
Gender :Female
Race : Black
Date : 11/20/2023
Location : 10200 block of Norris Ferry Road+Bull Horn Rd
City : Shreveport
County : Caddo
State : Louisiana
Agency : Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) : Natalie Brown-Denby
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event :
Open records summary :
Former Natchitoches Parish deputy and Caddo Juvenile Probation Officer Natalie Brown-Denby ran through a railroad crossing arm and into an incoming train and died when she was ejected from the vehicle at 1:20 p.m. for unexplained reasons.
Source links :
Jonathan Terry Hayes *COP
Case # :190
Age :72
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/20/2023
Location : 1196 Henry Griffin Rd
City : Appling
County : Appling
State : Georgia
Agency : Georgia National Fairgrounds Security
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Retired officer shot and killed for unknown reasons
Open records summary :
Georgia National Fairgrounds security officer Jonathan Terry Hayes was shot and killed by a young man in Appling County for unknown reasons.
Source links :
Michael Huff *COP 2 of 2
Case # :189
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/19/2023
Location : 3600 block of Shannon Dr
City : Glendale Heights
County : Will
State : Illinois
Agency : Glendale Heights PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Officer killed wife, then self
Open records summary :
Glendale Heights police sergeant Michael Huff killed his wife Jacquelyn Huff, then committed suicide.
Source links :
Ray Shillito *COP
Case # :188
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/17/2023
Location : 8600 block of RM 2243
City : Leander
County : Travis
State : Texas
Agency : Austin PD
Officer(s) : Ray Shillito
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Killed in vehicular crash
Open records summary :
Retired officer Ray Shillito experienced unknown mechanical failure, crashed and died.
Source links :
Bradley Haas *COP 2 of 2
Case # :187
Age :63
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/17/2023
Location : State Psychiatric Facility
City : Concord
County : Merrimack
State : New Hampshire
Agency : Concord PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after killing hospital security guard, a retired police chief
Open records summary :
Bradley Haas, 63, the former police chief of Franklin, NH, a police officer for 28 years, was working after retirement as a security guard in the lobby of a New Hampshire state psychiatric facility when an armed man entered and shot and killed him. The shooter was shot and killed by New Hampshire State Police.
Source links :
https://www.wilx.com/2023/11/17/police-shooting-with-multiple-victims-new-hampshire-hospital/
Freddy Ortiz *COP
Case # :186
Age :44
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/14/2023
Location : Chino Rd+5th St
City : Douglas
County : Cochise
State : Arizona
Agency : CBP Border Patrol
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed when running into pole while chasing migrants
Open records summary :
Border Patrol Agent Freddy Ortiz chased migrants at high speed with his ATV when he lost control and struck a pole head-on and died.
Source links :
https://www.odmp.org/officer/26830-border-patrol-agent-freddy-ortiz
Jovian Motley *COP
Case # :185
Age :27
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 11/13/2023
Location : J. Dale Wainwright Unit at 2665 Prison Road 1
City : Lovelady
County :
State : Texas
Agency : Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Medical Emergency
Event : Died while restraining inmate
Open records summary :
Correctional Officer III Jovian Motley died while helping restrain a combative inmate at the J. Dale Wainwright Unit at 2665 Prison Road 1 in Lovelady.
Source links :
https://www.odmp.org/officer/26828-correctional-officer-iii-jovian-motley
Jorge Pastore *COP 2 of 2
Case # :184
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 11/11/2023
Location : Bernoulli Dr
City : Austin
County : Travis
State : Texas
Agency : Austin PD, SWAT
Officer(s) : Jared Carruth, Kevin Olejar, Kevin DeLaRue
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : TravisKilled in shootout with SWAT
Open records summary :
One SWAT officer, a civilian whom SWAT fired shots at and 2 additional civilians are dead after a shootout in an Austin residence on Bernoulli Drive in Austin. It is not yet known what happened and who killed all 3 of the civilians. With one SWAT officer killed, a second one was sent to surgery with unknown injuries. This is a very recent event without known details and will be updated when new information becomes available.
IncarcerNation has listed the SWAT officer and the man killed by police. It is not known who shot and killed the other 2 civilians at the scene. Should it turn out that police may have killed them in the shootout, they will be added here.
Source links :
Tim Ledee *COP
Case # :183
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/08/2023
Location : Lee Garland Dr
City : Opelousas
County : St. Landry Parish
State : Louisiana
Agency : St. Landry’s Parish
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Retired deputy killed by friend of family friend
Open records summary :
Tim Ledee’s son had a girlfriend with a violent ex-boyfriend. Former officer Ledee was engaged in an altercation and shot and was shot and killed by him.
Source links :
Darren Alexander *COP
Case # :182
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/06/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Santa Clarita
County : Santa Clarita
State : California
Agency : LASD
Officer(s) : Darren Alexander
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : LASD deputy commits suicide
Open records summary :
LASD Deputy Darren Alexander was one of 5 LASD deputies in 2023 who committed suicide, 4 of whom happened in the same week as Sgt. Alexander. He fired a gunshot to his head.
Source links :
https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/17q37yg/multiple_lasd_employees_with_ties_to_scv_die_
Darren Harris * Darren Harris *COPCOP
Case # :181
Age :56
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/06/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Santa Clarita
County : Santa Clarita
State : California
Agency : LASD
Officer(s) : Darren Harris
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : LASD deputy committed suicide
Open records summary :
Deputy Darren harris was one of four LASD deputies who committed suicide the same week. He had been injured on the job and had retirement plans in the works at the time of his death.
Source links :
Greg Hovland *COP
Case # :180
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/06/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Quartz Hill
County : Santa Clarita
State : California
Agency : California
Officer(s) : Greg Hovland
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : LASD retiring deputy officer committed suicide
Open records summary :
LASD deputy about to retire allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest at his home in Santa Clarita.
Source links :
https://signalscv.com/2023/11/lasd-statement-forthcoming-on-trio-of-employee-suicides/
Corina Thompson *COP
Case # :179
Age :60
Gender :Female
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/06/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Stevenson Ranch
County : Los Angeles
State : California
Agency : LASD, Pitchess Detention Center
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Officer committed suicide
Open records summary :
A 60-year-old female detention officer committed suicide. It is alleged that she shot herself in the chest inside of the jail.
Source links :
https://signalscv.com/2023/11/lasd-statement-forthcoming-on-trio-of-employee-suicides/
Arturo Atilano-Valadez *COP
Case # :178
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 11/06/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Pomona
County : Los Angeles
State : California
Agency : LASD
Officer(s) : Unnamed
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Officer committed suicide
Open records summary :
At 7:30 a.m. on 11/06/2023, homicide detectives responded to another death of a current employee. It was the fourth suicide within LASD in the last 3 days.
Source links :
https://abc7.com/los-angeles-sheriffs-department-arturo-atilano-valadez-suicide-death/14155717/
https://abc7.com/los-angeles-sheriffs-department-arturo-atilano-valadez-suicide-death/14155717/
Jesse Brown Hernandez *COP
Case # :177
Age :22
Gender :Male
Race : Latinx
Date : 11/06/2023
Location : Unknown
City : McLean
County : Fairfax
State : Virginia
Agency : McLean PD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by intoxicated fellow officer
Open records summary :
Four people, including 3 off-duty officers, were playing with a gun while very intoxicated. During this, US Park Police officer Roy Alexander fired the gun and accidentally shot and killed officer Jesse Brown Hernandez.
Source links :
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/man-killed-in-accidental-shooting-in-mclean-police/3462397/
Name Not Disclosed *COP 2 of 2
Case # :176
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/04/2023
Location : 18000 block of W Roscoe Blvd
City : Northridge
County : Los Angeles
State : California
Agency : LAPD
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Officer killed in vehicular crash
Open records summary :
An LAPD officer and his passenger were killed in a collision with an intoxicated driver in Northridge. A San Bernardino deputy also in the officer’s car and the 19-year-old other driver were injured and survived.
Source links :
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/lapd-officer-killed-northridge-crash/3260719/
Darrell Cunningham Shamily *COP 2 of 2
Case # :175
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 11/03/2023
Location : 18000 block of W Roscoe Blvd
City : Northridge
County : Los Angeles
State : California
Agency : LAPD
Officer(s) : Darrell Cunningham Shamily
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Officer and passenger killed by vehicular accident
Open records summary :
An LAPD officer and his passenger were killed in a collision with an intoxicated driver in Northridge. A San Bernardino deputy also in the officer’s car and the 19-year-old other driver were injured and survived.
Source links :
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/lapd-officer-killed-northridge-crash/3260719/
Fred L. Bubba Copeland
Case # :174
Age :49
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 11/03/2023
Location :
City : Beulah
County : Lee
State : Alabama
Agency : Lee County SO
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
Open records summary :
Lee County deputies were called because the town mayor of Smiths Corner, AL and pastor Bubba Copeland was in mental health crisis. Police chased them for a “welfare check” until they became very despondent during the chase, pulled out a gun and committed suicide under police duress.
Bubba Copeland a.k.a. online as Brittini Blaire Summerlin, had been the local popular mayor, married with 3 children who left behind many people who spoke very fondly of them. They ran several social media accounts in which they called themselves a “transitioning transgender curvy girl” and encouraged transitioning. Copeland posted many photos in drag and wrote fantasy novels around transgender topics. This was discovered by an ultra-conservative media publication and they were brutally outed in the media. They made public announcements, explaining the harmless nature of their social media activity but they were under immense pressure from their local ultra-conservative Alabama environment. On November 3, 2023, they were reportedly in a mental health crisis and driving in Smiths Corner when police started a chase and they committed suicide “in custody” during the chase.
Source links :
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/07/alabama-copeland-suicide-pastor-trans-photos/
Omari Wright *COP
Case # :173
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 11/03/2023
Location : US 441+County Line Rd
City : Miami
County : Miami-Dade
State : Florida
Agency : Miami-Dade Correction and Rehabilitation MDCR
Officer(s) : Unknown
Cause of death : Vehicle
Event : Officer killed in off-duty crash
Open records summary :
Killed in off-duty crash
Source links :
John Kazek *COP
Case # :172
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 10/31/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Walton Beach
County : Walton
State : Florida
Agency : Walton County SO
Officer(s) : John Kazek
Cause of death : Medical Emergency
Event : Killed during marine training
Open records summary :
John Kazek, the leader of Walton County Sheriff’s Office's Posse Unit passed away following an incident during a training exercise with the beach marine unit on Oct. 23.