Officers Killed on This Day in History – January 7th: Total Line of Duty Deaths: 63 Automobile accident: 6 Fall: 2 Fire: 2 Gunfire: 38 Gunfire (Accidental): 1 Heart attack: 3 Motorcycle accident: 3 Stabbed: 1 Struck by train: 2 Struck by vehicle: 1 Vehicle pursuit: 2 Vehicular assault: 2 By State: Alabama: 1 Arkansas: 2 California: 10 District of Columbia: 1 Georgia: 1 Illinois: 2 Iowa: 1 Kansas: 1 Kentucky: 3 Louisiana: 4 Maryland: 1 Massachusetts: 1 Missouri: 1 Montana: 2 New Jersey: 2 New York: 4 Ohio: 4 Oklahoma: 2 Pennsylvania: 2 Puerto Rico: 3 South Carolina: 1 Tennessee: 1 Texas: 5 U.S. Government: 5 Washington: 2 Wisconsin: 1 Private David Clark Texas Rangers, TX EOW: Saturday, January 7, 1837 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff William C. Getman Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, CA EOW: Thursday, January 7, 1858 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff John Ruggless Lewis County Sheriffs Department, KY EOW: Monday, January 7, 1878 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain William B. McDaniel Cedar Rapids Police Department, IA EOW: Wednesday, January 7, 1885 Cause of Death: Struck by train Sergeant Amer M. Kellar Dayton Police Department, OH EOW: Thursday, January 7, 1897 Cause of Death: Fire Undersheriff Edward Metz Reno County Sheriffs Office, KS EOW: Monday, January 7, 1901 Cause of Death: Struck by train Deputy Sheriff Benjamin F. Milligan Cimarron County Sheriffs Office, OK EOW: Thursday, January 7, 1909 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain John T. Sullivan Spokane Police Department, WA EOW: Saturday, January 7, 1911 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff J. P. Chandler Poinsett County Sheriffs Department, AR EOW: Sunday, January 7, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John Greer Aberdeen Police Department, WA EOW: Wednesday, January 7, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Guy Saint Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Wednesday, January 7, 1920 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Pierson C. Near Syracuse Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, January 7, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Vincent Skiba Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, January 7, 1924 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Heber W. Lampkin San Mateo County Sheriffs Office, CA EOW: Monday, January 7, 1924 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Policeman Martin Parrilla-Ramos Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Wednesday, January 7, 1925 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman William Sweinsberger Columbus Division of Police, OH EOW: Thursday, January 7, 1926 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Police Officer Charles F. Gay Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Friday, January 7, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector John W. Parrott United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service, US EOW: Friday, January 7, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer George Carmichael Cisco Police Department, TX EOW: Saturday, January 7, 1928 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Pablo Cordero-Rosa Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Monday, January 7, 1929 Cause of Death: Stabbed Patrolman Paul J. Shafer New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Tuesday, January 7, 1930 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrol Inspector William Douglas McCalib United States Department of Labor - Immigration Service - United States Border Patrol, US EOW: Tuesday, January 7, 1930 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer John P. Burns Baltimore City Police Department, MD EOW: Wednesday, January 7, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Jeremiah E. Buckley Baraboo Police Department, WI EOW: Wednesday, January 7, 1931 Cause of Death: Fall Police Officer Richard Philpott Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Wednesday, January 7, 1931 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Henderson Ramsey Harlan County Sheriffs Department, KY EOW: Thursday, January 7, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Walter Murphy New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Saturday, January 7, 1933 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Ernest F. McCarron New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, January 7, 1934 Cause of Death: Fire Chief of Police John H. Bruner Jefferson City Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, January 7, 1936 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Patrolman James E. Ivory Ohio State Highway Patrol, OH EOW: Tuesday, January 7, 1936 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Customs Inspector Lewis Allison Highsmith United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service, US EOW: Thursday, January 7, 1937 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sheriff Earl Scott Pike County Sheriffs Department, KY EOW: Saturday, January 7, 1939 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Joseph A. Stucker California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Thursday, January 7, 1943 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Paul F. Lane Redding Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, January 7, 1943 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Police Officer Fred B. Veretto Oakland Police Department, CA EOW: Tuesday, January 7, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Lieutenant John McCarthy Toledo Police Department, OH EOW: Tuesday, January 7, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Floyd B. D. W. Cummings Bakersfield Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, January 7, 1952 Cause of Death: Fall Officer Donald J. Brereton Metropolitan Police Department, DC EOW: Thursday, January 7, 1960 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Thomas Fox Abrams Spartanburg Police Department, SC EOW: Sunday, January 7, 1962 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Linden Junior Higgins, Jr. Marshall County Sheriffs Department, AL EOW: Sunday, January 7, 1973 Cause of Death: Heart attack Patrolman Paul A. Persigo New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, January 7, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Philip J. Coleman, Sr. New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, January 7, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Superintendent Louis Joseph Sirgo New Orleans Police Department, LA EOW: Sunday, January 7, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer Waldron George Karp Tustin Police Department, CA EOW: Sunday, January 7, 1973 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Roland Kinlock Methuen Police Department, MA EOW: Monday, January 7, 1974 Cause of Death: Heart attack Game Warden Eugene Sara Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, MT EOW: Monday, January 7, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Don Richard Williams Thompson Falls Police Department, MT EOW: Monday, January 7, 1974 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Samuel Milton Guy Atlanta Police Department, GA EOW: Tuesday, January 7, 1975 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Joseph J. Rybka, Jr. Bergen County Sheriffs Office, NJ EOW: Sunday, January 7, 1979 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Jerry C. Davis North Little Rock Police Department, AR EOW: Thursday, January 7, 1982 Cause of Death: Gunfire Policeman Raul Maldonado-Coreano Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Friday, January 7, 1983 Cause of Death: Gunfire Master Patrolman Richard O. Riggs Oklahoma City Police Department, OK EOW: Tuesday, January 7, 1986 Cause of Death: Gunfire Detective Sergeant Mario Alberto Salas Del Rio Police Department, TX EOW: Thursday, January 7, 1988 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Immigration Inspector Reynaldo G. De La Garza United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service, US EOW: Sunday, January 7, 1990 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Eddie N. Jones, Jr. Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, January 7, 1991 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Betty Dunn Smothers Baton Rouge City Police Department, LA EOW: Thursday, January 7, 1993 Cause of Death: Gunfire Inspector Stephen G. Stewart Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TX EOW: Friday, January 7, 1994 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Border Patrol Agent Jose Angel Nava United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, US EOW: Saturday, January 7, 1995 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer Scott Matthew Greenly California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Wednesday, January 7, 1998 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Detective Anthony Johnson Philadelphia Police Department, PA EOW: Tuesday, January 7, 2003 Cause of Death: Heart attack Officer Richard Allen May, Jr. East Palo Alto Police Department, CA EOW: Saturday, January 7, 2006 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Rahamy Mitchell Fannin County Sheriffs Office, TX EOW: Sunday, January 7, 2007 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Police Officer Tyron Franklin Paterson Police Department, NJ EOW: Sunday, January 7, 2007 Cause of Death: Gunfire
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 12:29:55 +0000
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