Officers Killed on This Day in History – July 7th: Total Line of Duty Deaths: 59 Assault: 4 Automobile accident: 3 Duty related illness: 1 Fall: 1 Gunfire: 34 Gunfire (Accidental): 1 Heart attack: 2 Motorcycle accident: 4 Struck by streetcar: 1 Struck by vehicle: 4 Vehicle pursuit: 1 Vehicular assault: 3 By State: Alabama: 3 Arizona: 1 Arkansas: 1 California: 3 Connecticut: 3 Delaware: 1 District of Columbia: 1 Florida: 1 Georgia: 1 Illinois: 3 Iowa: 1 Kentucky: 3 Louisiana: 2 Maine: 2 Maryland: 1 Massachusetts: 1 Michigan: 2 Missouri: 1 New Jersey: 2 New Mexico: 1 New York: 4 North Carolina: 1 Ohio: 2 Oklahoma: 1 Pennsylvania: 3 South Carolina: 1 Tennessee: 2 Texas: 7 U.S. Government: 2 West Virginia: 1 Wyoming: 1 Patrolman John J. Donohue Brooklyn Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, July 7, 1872 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff B. B. Sullivan Caldwell County Sheriffs Office, TX EOW: Friday, July 7, 1876 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant William S. Gordon Norwich Police Department, CT EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1881 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff Kiv Phillips Cochise County Sheriffs Department, AZ EOW: Friday, July 7, 1882 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Marhall E. Henley Green County Sheriffs Office, KY EOW: Saturday, July 7, 1883 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Jailer Tim Anderson Madison County Sheriffs Department, AL EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1887 Cause of Death: Assault Patrolman George E. Roberts Louisville Police Department, KY EOW: Monday, July 7, 1890 Cause of Death: Assault Night Watchman Ole McMillan Humboldt Police Department, IA EOW: Sunday, July 7, 1901 Cause of Death: Gunfire City Marshal John E. Cross Geary Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1903 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John J. Smith Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1904 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Edward McConnell Asheville Police Department, NC EOW: Friday, July 7, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Reserve Officer Michael Brennan Boston Police Department, MA EOW: Sunday, July 7, 1918 Cause of Death: Fall Officer James Benjamin Ramsey Ashland Police Department, AL EOW: Wednesday, July 7, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Bernard T. Cook St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, July 7, 1922 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Joseph Jovanovic Pittsburgh Police Department, PA EOW: Monday, July 7, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Deputy Sheriff Frank James Martin County Sheriffs Office, KY EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Anthony Lynch New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1925 Cause of Death: Struck by streetcar Trooper James B. Losco New York State Police, NY EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1925 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman John A. Franken Cincinnati Police Division, OH EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Judson D. Cornwall Los Angeles Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1927 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman James H. Walker Peoria Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1927 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman John J. Sweeney Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Sunday, July 7, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff E. R. Marsh Ouachita County Sheriffs Office, AR EOW: Sunday, July 7, 1929 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Day Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1931 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Private Dan Lafayette McDuffie Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Joseph C. Meiers Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer Thomas G. Timmons Augusta Police Department, GA EOW: Saturday, July 7, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Francis J. Perry California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Saturday, July 7, 1934 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Deputy Sheriff George Dennett Hidalgo County Sheriffs Office, TX EOW: Sunday, July 7, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman William Bill Hunt Alcoa Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, July 7, 1937 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Harry J. Padian New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Jess Thompson Raleigh County Sheriffs Department, WV EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1938 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Willard E. Pruitt, Jr. Wilmington Police Department, DE EOW: Friday, July 7, 1944 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Deputy Constable Juan Novoa Webb County Constables Office - Precinct 1, TX EOW: Saturday, July 7, 1945 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Norman C. Philbrick Auburn Police Department, ME EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1949 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Inspector Joseph Bascom Jordan Florida State Beverage Department, FL EOW: Saturday, July 7, 1951 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Robert Bush Butler Hobbs Police Department, NM EOW: Saturday, July 7, 1951 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Paul J. Simard Lewiston Police Department, ME EOW: Monday, July 7, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Lieutenant Leonard N. Brown Maryland State Police, MD EOW: Monday, July 7, 1958 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer David D. Troy Stamford Police Department, CT EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John David Oldham Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, TX EOW: Sunday, July 7, 1974 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman Harold D. Hambrick Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, TX EOW: Sunday, July 7, 1974 Cause of Death: Heart attack Senior Corrections Officer Dean E. Evans New Jersey Department of Corrections, NJ EOW: Friday, July 7, 1978 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Joseph A. Peters North Bergen Police Department, NJ EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1981 Cause of Death: Duty related illness Deputy Sheriff Craig Leo Schulte Campbell County Sheriffs Department, WY EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1983 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Senior Court Clerk Alphonso B. Deal New York State Office of Court Administration, NY EOW: Thursday, July 7, 1988 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Mark Anthony Williams Knoxville Police Department, TN EOW: Friday, July 7, 1989 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Kermit Fitzpatrick Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Sunday, July 7, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Douglas Paul Hartman Lehigh County Sheriffs Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1992 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy James Henry Roberts, III Russell County Sheriffs Department, AL EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1998 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Border Patrol Agent Susan Lynn Rodriguez United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Border Patrol Agent Ricardo Guillermo Salinas United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US EOW: Tuesday, July 7, 1998 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Kenneth Jeffrey Johnson South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC EOW: Sunday, July 7, 2002 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper Kevin Michael Marshall Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Monday, July 7, 2003 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff David Stan Piquette Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, CA EOW: Friday, July 7, 2006 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Dayle Weston Wes Hardy Plano Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, July 7, 2007 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Police Officer Thor Odin Soderberg Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, July 7, 2010 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Orville Royal Smith, Jr. Shelton Police Department, CT EOW: Wednesday, July 7, 2010 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer II Rodney Renee Thomas New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, July 7, 2013 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 18:22:31 +0000
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