Category: Fallen Officer

A police officer and three other people were killed in a series of shootings Wednesday in northern Wisconsin that apparently began as a domestic dispute in a bank, officials said.  (FOX)- Everest Metro Police Chief Wally Sparks said at a news conference the slain officer was from his department and that a suspect was in […]

A Louisiana sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed late Saturday night while conducting an investigation near a Baton Rouge movie theater, officials said. (FOX)- A suspect was also injured during the incident. No names were given and no details on the original investigation immediately emerged. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office deputy was rushed to […]

A Navajo Nation police officer in New Mexico was shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call, authorities said Sunday. (FOX)- Officer Houston James Largo, 27, was pronounced dead at University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, where he had been airlifted after the shooting in the small town of Prewitt. Authorities said a […]

An off-duty NYPD sergeant shot himself in the head in his Bronx apartment — and was found dead when his girlfriend returned home Thursday, police sources said. (FOX)- The motive for the shooting, which was reported to 911 shortly after 2 p.m., was unclear. He was assigned to the NYPD Housing Bureau’s Public Service Area […]

A recently paroled gang member killed his cousin and stole his car Monday, then shot and killed a Whittier, Calif. police officer and wounded his partner before being wounded himself, authorities said. (FOX)- Whittier Officer Keith Lane Boyer died and Officer Patrick Hazel was wounded when they answered a report of a traffic accident in the […]

A Louisiana man suspected of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and an off-duty police officer shot himself in the chest Friday evening after an hours-long standoff on a New Orleans bridge, authorities said.  (FOX)- Louisiana State Police Spokesman Melissa Matey said Sylvester Holt, 32, was in critical condition at University Medical Center in New Orleans. Jefferson […]

Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy and a suspect have been killed in a shootout in northern North Dakota. (FOX)- WDAY-TV reports four law enforcement officers chased a man in a pickup truck that was reported stolen from Devils Lake around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. KXMC-TV reports that the officers caught up with the pickup about 200 […]

A funeral is set for a 23-year-old state trooper who was fatally shot last week while investigating a domestic incident in rural central Pennsylvania. (StLouisDispatch)- Hundreds of people paid respects Wednesday at the visitation for Trooper Landon Weaver at the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona. The funeral will be held there Thursday morning, followed […]

Hundreds of people turned out to pay their last respects to a Georgia police officer shot and killed with his best friend and fellow officer last week. (FOX)- The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reports (http://on-ajc.com/2hjC4pc ) Sunday that a horse-drawn carriage carried the body of Americus police officer Nicholas Smarr. Smarr and Jody Smith, an officer with […]

An off-duty deputy sheriff in Ohio died after a bullet fired from a gun flew through a wall and struck him inside his home accidentally, investigators said Monday. (FOX)- Stark County Chief Deputy John Campbell was shot Sunday in Lake Township near Canton, according to the sheriff’s office. Investigators did not say who fired the weapon. […]