Officers Killed on This Day in History – August 8th: Total Line of Duty Deaths: 71 Accidental: 1 Aircraft accident: 1 Animal related: 1 Automobile accident: 4 Bicycle accident: 1 Bomb: 1 Exposure to toxins: 1 Gunfire: 37 Gunfire (Accidental): 3 Heart attack: 1 Motorcycle accident: 9 Struck by vehicle: 2 Train accident: 1 Vehicle pursuit: 3 Vehicular assault: 5 By State: Alabama: 2 California: 1 Delaware: 1 District of Columbia: 1 Florida: 2 Georgia: 1 Hawaii: 1 Idaho: 1 Illinois: 4 Indiana: 2 Iowa: 2 Kentucky: 5 Massachusetts: 3 Michigan: 3 Minnesota: 2 Missouri: 4 New Jersey: 3 New York: 4 Ohio: 1 Oklahoma: 2 Oregon: 1 Pennsylvania: 4 Puerto Rico: 3 Railroad Police: 2 Tennessee: 1 Texas: 7 U.S. Government: 3 Virginia: 3 West Virginia: 1 Wisconsin: 1 Deputy City Marshal Thomas G. OConner Portland Police Bureau, OR EOW: Thursday, August 8, 1867 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal R. T. Dunn United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US EOW: Friday, August 8, 1873 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Stanley J. Brock Newark Police Department, NJ EOW: Tuesday, August 8, 1876 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal George White Fort Worth Marshals Office, TX EOW: Friday, August 8, 1879 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal John Thomas Tom Hill Ballinger Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, August 8, 1886 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy City Marshal Louis W. Ahlers Victoria Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, August 8, 1893 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable Charles Hendrickson Null Fayette County Constables Office - Precinct 5, TX EOW: Saturday, August 8, 1896 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police R. D. Hudson Toms Creek Police Department, VA EOW: Thursday, August 8, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Matthew E. McGrath Illinois Central Railroad Police Department, RR EOW: Saturday, August 8, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Agent Wesley C. Sellars Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Police Department, RR EOW: Wednesday, August 8, 1906 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputized Civilian Dock McDavid Bastrop County Constables Office - Precinct 8, TX EOW: Saturday, August 8, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman Francis McDermott Methuen Police Department, MA EOW: Saturday, August 8, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Charles H. Emerson Methuen Police Department, MA EOW: Saturday, August 8, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Town Marshal Lafayette C. Copas Rocky Hill Station Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, August 8, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Cornelius OKeefe St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, August 8, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Norman Helmer Beltrami County Sheriffs Department, MN EOW: Thursday, August 8, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John J. Regan New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, August 8, 1917 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Sheriff Terrance Joseph Terry McCall Nobles County Sheriffs Office, MN EOW: Sunday, August 8, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer James K. Keonaona Honolulu Police Department, HI EOW: Wednesday, August 8, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Charles M. Gantz Waco Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, August 8, 1923 Cause of Death: Exposure to toxins County Patrolman John F. Allen Hopkins County Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, August 8, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Frank Joseph Murphy New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, August 8, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector James Sherman Mullins Virginia Department of Prohibition Enforcement, VA EOW: Sunday, August 8, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Edward C. Plenskofski Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, August 8, 1927 Cause of Death: Train accident Deputy Sheriff Ellsworth J. Beaverson Wood County Sheriffs Office, OH EOW: Monday, August 8, 1927 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Motor Scout Henry Francis Mills Birmingham Police Department, AL EOW: Friday, August 8, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Robert G. Sproat Cedar County Sheriffs Department, IA EOW: Friday, August 8, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Arthur H. Gelhar Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Saturday, August 8, 1931 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Detective John Wopinski Flint Police Department, MI EOW: Monday, August 8, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Patrick J. Ryan Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Tuesday, August 8, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Albert C. Jordan Greenfield Police Department, MA EOW: Tuesday, August 8, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private Emmett White Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Tuesday, August 8, 1933 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Constable William Daniel B. Wilmoth McCurtain County Sheriffs Office, OK EOW: Wednesday, August 8, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Emery Jasper Whitten McCurtain County Sheriffs Office, OK EOW: Wednesday, August 8, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Walter Poturalski Gary Police Department, IN EOW: Thursday, August 8, 1935 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Policeman Mize Hensley Jackson Police Department, KY EOW: Saturday, August 8, 1936 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Paul Summers Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Saturday, August 8, 1936 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Reuben Conklin Westchester County Parkway Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, August 8, 1943 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Trooper Charles J. Deans Illinois State Police, IL EOW: Tuesday, August 8, 1944 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Marshal Samuel Enoch Vaughn United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US EOW: Saturday, August 8, 1953 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Louis A. Barney Joliet Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, August 8, 1954 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Trooper William F. Mayer Delaware State Police, DE EOW: Monday, August 8, 1955 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Conservation Officer Edward Carl Starback Michigan Department of Natural Resources, MI EOW: Thursday, August 8, 1957 Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Patrolman Robert Lee Kirk Fairmont Police Department, WV EOW: Friday, August 8, 1958 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Conley Potter Letcher County Sheriffs Department, KY EOW: Friday, August 8, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Robert J. Morey San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Friday, August 8, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Joseph A. Reiss Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Saturday, August 8, 1959 Cause of Death: Accidental Patrolman Wayne Clifton Boggus Scottsboro Police Department, AL EOW: Thursday, August 8, 1963 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Charles M. Cozzens Bradley Beach Police Department, NJ EOW: Saturday, August 8, 1964 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Trooper Richard Gilbert Barnhart Pennsylvania State Police, PA EOW: Saturday, August 8, 1964 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Sheriff Bobby L. Corley, Sr. Orange County Sheriffs Office, FL EOW: Sunday, August 8, 1965 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Sheriff Verne M. Royse Gooding County Sheriffs Department, ID EOW: Thursday, August 8, 1968 Cause of Death: Animal related Detective Robert Raymond Gonser Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Thursday, August 8, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corrections Officer George Paszkowski New Jersey Department of Corrections, NJ EOW: Friday, August 8, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Carl W. Cox Bradenton Police Department, FL EOW: Saturday, August 8, 1970 Cause of Death: Bicycle accident Sergeant Billy Franklin Wood Williamstown Police Department, KY EOW: Tuesday, August 8, 1972 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Patrolman Barry Wayne Maham Henrico County Police Department, VA EOW: Tuesday, August 8, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer James J. Ramp Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, August 8, 1978 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Angel F. Vargas-Flores Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Wednesday, August 8, 1979 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Detective Melvin E. Miller Jackson County Sheriffs Office, MO EOW: Friday, August 8, 1980 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Trooper James A. Kelly, Jr. New York State Police, NY EOW: Friday, August 8, 1980 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Chief of Police Ralph Richard Ash Swea City Police Department, IA EOW: Saturday, August 8, 1981 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Policeman Jesus M. Ortiz-Otero Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Monday, August 8, 1983 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Agent Euclides Lasanta-Correa Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, August 8, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Bobbie W. Dickson Vernon County Sheriffs Department, WI EOW: Friday, August 8, 1986 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Steven L. Singer Muncie Police Department, IN EOW: Tuesday, August 8, 1989 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff Dana Denise Shaw Cherokee County Sheriffs Office, GA EOW: Sunday, August 8, 1999 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Robert J. Stanze, II St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, August 8, 2000 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police James Richard Dacy Pierce City Police Department, MO EOW: Wednesday, August 8, 2001 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer Michael Patrick Gordon Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, August 8, 2004 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Special Agent Rick Alan Ulbright United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations, US EOW: Sunday, August 8, 2004 Cause of Death: Bomb
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:44:59 +0000
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