Officers Killed on This Day in History – July 11th: Total Line of Duty Deaths: 62 Automobile accident: 3 Drowned: 1 Duty related illness: 1 Explosion: 1 Fall: 1 Gunfire: 34 Gunfire (Accidental): 5 Heart attack: 4 Motorcycle accident: 2 Stabbed: 1 Struck by streetcar: 1 Struck by vehicle: 2 Structure collapse: 1 Vehicle pursuit: 2 Vehicular assault: 3 By State: Arkansas: 1 California: 3 Colorado: 1 Florida: 2 Georgia: 4 Illinois: 1 Indiana: 2 Kansas: 1 Kentucky: 2 Louisiana: 2 Maine: 1 Maryland: 1 Massachusetts: 1 Michigan: 2 New Mexico: 1 New York: 6 North Carolina: 1 Ohio: 5 Oklahoma: 1 Pennsylvania: 3 Puerto Rico: 1 Railroad Police: 3 Tennessee: 2 Texas: 5 U.S. Government: 5 Virginia: 3 West Virginia: 2 Deputy Marshal Willard Rufus Ayers United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US EOW: Wednesday, August 11, 1880 Cause of Death: Gunfire Night Watchman Edgar A. Cranston Constantine Police Department, MI EOW: Friday, August 11, 1899 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William S. Winningder Portsmouth Police Department, VA EOW: Tuesday, August 11, 1908 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James L. Booth Bluefield Police Department, WV EOW: Friday, August 11, 1911 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Patrolman Michael Baldwin Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Friday, August 11, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Railroad Detective Daniel Vreeland Michigan Central Railroad Police Department, RR EOW: Friday, August 11, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Railroad Detective Frank J. Cook Michigan Central Railroad Police Department, RR EOW: Friday, August 11, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) City Marshal James Otway Lee El Campo Police Department, TX EOW: Tuesday, August 11, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Town Marshal Ulysses Grant McCory Salem Police Department, IN EOW: Tuesday, August 11, 1914 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Vincent J. Moore Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, August 11, 1916 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Deputy Sheriff Franklin Leland Williams Bibb County Sheriffs Office, GA EOW: Sunday, August 11, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief Walter L. Mull Dewey Police Department, OK EOW: Sunday, August 11, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Prohibition Officer Will Farley West Virginia Department of Prohibition, WV EOW: Monday, August 11, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Lawrence M. Klump Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Saturday, August 11, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Dexter Clayton Phillips Dallas Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, August 11, 1923 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Sheriff James O. West Fulton County Sheriffs Office, KY EOW: Tuesday, August 11, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Jamie Dooley Lafayette County Sheriffs Office, AR EOW: Wednesday, August 11, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective John M. Singer New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, August 11, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Coast Guardsman Victor A. Lamby United States Coast Guard Office of Law Enforcement, US EOW: Thursday, August 11, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Federal Prohibition Agent Arthur Alvin Zimmerman United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Bureau of Prohibition, US EOW: Sunday, August 11, 1929 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Officer Joseph E. Johnson Norfolk Police Department, VA EOW: Monday, August 11, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff William S. Thompson Claiborne County Sheriffs Office, TN EOW: Tuesday, August 11, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edward Keim Toledo Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, August 11, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Robert Ruby Schanbaum Cook County Highway Police, IL EOW: Saturday, August 11, 1934 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Deputy Sheriff D. C. Doss Alexander Walker County Sheriffs Office, GA EOW: Saturday, August 11, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Acting Chief John Delaney Godwin Jr Orange Police Department, TX EOW: Sunday, August 11, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Erskine G. Fish Sacramento Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, August 11, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph P. McBreen New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, August 11, 1937 Cause of Death: Structure collapse Patrolman John Bosworth New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, August 11, 1937 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Detective Isadore Astel New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, August 11, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Officer Jose Sancedo Southern Pacific Railroad Police Department, RR EOW: Wednesday, August 11, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector Fred Lamar Tillis Florida State Beverage Department, FL EOW: Tuesday, August 11, 1942 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer Charles Nelson Doughty Newport News Police Department, VA EOW: Sunday, August 11, 1946 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police William Arman Tyler Edinboro Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, August 11, 1947 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Inspector Frank J. Mascari Mount Vernon Police Department, NY EOW: Wednesday, August 11, 1948 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Patrolman George Connelly New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, August 11, 1949 Cause of Death: Heart attack Special Town Marshal Clemente Salazar Bernalillo Police Department, NM EOW: Friday, August 11, 1950 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Raymond Messer California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, CA EOW: Saturday, August 11, 1951 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Benson J. Walker New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Monday, August 11, 1952 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Deputy Sheriff David Arron Jones Maverick County Sheriffs Department, TX EOW: Thursday, August 11, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain James W. Parr Florida Department of Corrections, FL EOW: Thursday, August 11, 1966 Cause of Death: Drowned Lieutenant Samual W. Gibbs Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN EOW: Thursday, August 11, 1966 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Perley C. Kennie Westbrook Police Department, ME EOW: Thursday, August 11, 1966 Cause of Death: Heart attack Chief of Police William Terrell Mantoth Tehachapi Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, August 11, 1968 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Jan Mulder Piqua Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, August 11, 1970 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Stephen Dale Hensley Delta Police Department, CO EOW: Saturday, August 11, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Bobby Whitten Troup County Sheriffs Office, GA EOW: Sunday, August 11, 1974 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer Roger Lee Brown Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Wednesday, August 11, 1976 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Michael Joseph Bernard Smith Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Wednesday, August 11, 1976 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer David L. Van Meter Minneapolis Police Department, KS EOW: Thursday, August 11, 1977 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Lieutenant George Yaros Gary Police Department, IN EOW: Tuesday, August 11, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Leo Spicer, Jr. Forest Hill Police Department, TX EOW: Wednesday, August 11, 1982 Cause of Death: Explosion Deputy Marshal Emil Richard Wehrli United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, US EOW: Thursday, August 11, 1988 Cause of Death: Heart attack Sergeant Ricardo Michael Preston United States Department of the Interior - United States Park Police, US EOW: Thursday, August 11, 1988 Cause of Death: Heart attack Deputy Sheriff Allen Bernard Lennon Cumberland County Sheriffs Office, NC EOW: Tuesday, August 11, 1992 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Norberto Ortiz-Ocasio Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Wednesday, August 11, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Richard George Magan Fall River Police Department, MA EOW: Friday, August 11, 2000 Cause of Death: Fall Police Officer Scott T. Stewart Detroit Police Department, MI EOW: Sunday, August 11, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer Trey Michael Hutchison Bossier City Police Department, LA EOW: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Francis Manuel Ortega Pine Lake Police Department, GA EOW: Thursday, August 11, 2005 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Michael Patrick Howe Baltimore County Police Department, MD EOW: Monday, August 11, 2008 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Police Officer Robert Allen Lasso Freemansburg Borough Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, August 11, 2011 Cause of Death: Gunfire
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:55:12 +0000
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