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Police Officer Seara Burton
Police Officer Seara Burton

Richmond Police Department, Indiana End of Watch Sunday, September 18, 2022 Police Officer Seara Burton succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained while conducting a traffic stop on August 10th, 2022. Other officers had requested her assistance to stop a moped being driven by a narcotics suspect in the 200 block of N 12th Street...

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Police Officer Dillon Micheal Vakoff
Police Officer Dillon Micheal Vakoff

Arvada Police Department, Colorado End of Watch Sunday, September 11, 2022 DILLON MICHEAL VAKOFF Police Officer Dillon Vakoff was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance in the 6700 block of W. 51st Avenue at about 1:40 am. He and another officer were attempting to break up a fight between the family...

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Deputy Sheriff Marshall Samuel Ervin, Jr.
Deputy Sheriff Marshall Samuel Ervin, Jr.

Cobb County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia End of Watch Thursday, September 8, 2022 MARSHALL SAMUEL ERVIN, JR. Deputy Sheriff Marshall Ervin and Deputy Sheriff Jonathan Koleski were shot and killed while serving a felony theft warrant at 2474 Hampton Glen Court in Marietta shortly before 8:00 pm. They were taking the subject into custody when...

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Deputy Sheriff Jonathan Randall Koleski
Deputy Sheriff Jonathan Randall Koleski

Cobb County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia End of Watch Thursday, September 8, 2022 JONATHAN RANDALL KOLESKI Deputy Sheriff Jonathan Koleski and Deputy Sheriff Marshall Ervin were shot and killed while serving a felony theft warrant at 2474 Hampton Glen Court in Marietta shortly before 8:00 pm. They were taking the subject into custody when another...

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Constable Deborah Martinez-Garibay
Constable Deborah Martinez-Garibay

Pima County Constable’s Office, Arizona End of Watch Thursday, August 25, 2022 DEBORAH MARTINEZ-GARIBAY Constable Deborah Martinez-Garibay was shot and killed while serving an eviction notice at 3493 East Lind Road in Tucson at 11:15 am. Constable Martinez-Garibay and the apartment manager were shot when they knocked on the door to serve eviction papers...

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Sergeant Robert Blaine Swartz
Sergeant Robert Blaine Swartz

Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office, Oklahoma End of Watch Monday, August 22, 2022 ROBERT BLAINE SWARTZ Sergeant Bobby Swartz was shot and killed at about 1:15 pm as he and another deputy served eviction paperwork at a home in the 2200 block of Southwest 78th Street in Oklahoma City. During the course of the...

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Police Officer Cesar “Echy” Echaverry
Police Officer Cesar “Echy” Echaverry

Miami-Dade Police Department, Florida End of Watch Wednesday, August 17, 2022 CESAR “ECHY” ECHAVERRY Police Officer Echy Echaverry succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained two nights earlier near the intersection of NW 62nd Street and NW 7th Avenue while chasing a robbery suspect at 8:50 pm. A vehicle that had been involved in an armed...

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Deputy Sheriff Ned Byrd
Deputy Sheriff Ned Byrd

Wake County Sheriff’s Office, North Carolina End of Watch Thursday, August 11, 2022 NED BYRD Deputy Sheriff Ned Byrd was shot and killed while on patrol shortly after 11:00 pm. Deputy Byrd was shot multiple times after he exited his vehicle at the intersection of Battle Bridge Road and Auburn-Knightdale Road while investigating suspicious...

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Deputy Sheriff Andrew Peery
Deputy Sheriff Andrew Peery

El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Colorado End of Watch Sunday, August 7, 2022 ANDREW PEERY Deputy Sheriff Andrew Peery was shot and killed while responding to a shots-fired call at 5:30 pm at Ponderosa Drive and Grand Boulevard in Widefield. A Fountain Police Department officer, Deputy Peery, and another deputy responded to a shooting...

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Sergeant Matthew Fishman
Sergeant Matthew Fishman

Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, North Carolina End of Watch Tuesday, August 2, 2022 MATTHEW FISHMAN Sergeant Matthew Fishman was shot and killed while serving involuntary commitment papers on the 2500 block of Arrington Bridge Road in Dudley. The subject fired at Sergeant Fishman and two other deputies as they arrived at the home at...

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Police Officer Noah Shahnavaz
Police Officer Noah Shahnavaz

Elwood Police Department, Indiana End of Watch Sunday, July 31, 2022 Police Officer Noah Shahnavaz was shot and killed while making a traffic stop near the intersection of Madison Avenue and Route 37 at about 2:00 am. The driver of the vehicle he stopped exited his car and opened fire on Officer Shahnavaz before...

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Deputy Sheriff Matthew Yates
Deputy Sheriff Matthew Yates

Clark County Sheriff’s Office, Ohio End of Watch Sunday, July 24, 2022 MATTHEW YATES Deputy Sheriff Matthew Yates was shot and killed while responding to shots fired call at the 1100 block of Ashwood Drive in South Charleston. At 10:51 am, Clark County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting that a female subject h...

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Police Officer Anthony P. Mazurkiewicz
Police Officer Anthony P. Mazurkiewicz

Rochester Police Department, New York End of Watch Thursday, July 21, 2022 ANTHONY P. MAZURKIEWICZ Police Officer Tony Mazurkiewicz was shot and killed while on patrol on Bauman Street at 9:15 pm. Officer Mazurkiewicz was transported to Strong Memorial Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds. His partner was shot in the lower body a...

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Police Officer Daniel Vasquez
Police Officer Daniel Vasquez

North Kansas City Police Department, Missouri End of Watch Tuesday, July 19, 2022 DANIEL VASQUEZ Police Officer Daniel Vasquez was shot and killed while making a traffic stop near the intersection of 21st Street and Clay Street at about 10:40 am. The driver of the vehicle shot Officer Vasquez before fleeing. A backup officer w...

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Police Officer Loren Michael Courts
Police Officer Loren Michael Courts

Detroit Police Department, Michigan End of Watch Wednesday, July 6, 2022 LOREN MICHAEL COURTS Police Officer Loren Courts was shot and killed while responding to a shooting call near the intersection of Joy Road and Marlowe Street at about 7:30 pm. When Officer Courts and his partner arrived on the scene, the subject immediately...

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Police Officer Jacob Russell Chaffins
Police Officer Jacob Russell Chaffins

Prestonsburg Police Department, Kentucky End of Watch Friday, July 1, 2022 JACOB RUSSELL CHAFFINS Captain Ralph Frasure, Police Officer Jacob Chaffins, and Deputy Sheriff William Petry, of the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office, were shot and killed in Allen by a subject who was wanted for domestic violence offenses. Several warrants and a protective order had...

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Deputy Sheriff William Edward Petry
Deputy Sheriff William Edward Petry

Floyd County Sheriff’s Office, Kentucky End of Watch Thursday, June 30, 2022   WILLIAM EDWARD PETRY Deputy Sheriff William Petry as well as Captain Ralph Frasure and Police Officer Jacob Chaffins, both of the Prestonsburg Police Department, were shot and killed in Allen by a subject who was wanted for domestic violence offenses. Several warrants a...

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Captain Ralph Harlow Frasure
Captain Ralph Harlow Frasure

Prestonsburg Police Department, Kentucky End of Watch Thursday, June 30, 2022   RALPH HARLOW FRASURE Captain Ralph Frasure and Police Officer Jacob Chaffins, along with Deputy Sheriff William Petry of the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office, were shot and killed in Allen by a subject who was wanted for domestic violence offenses. Several warrants and a...

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Deputy Sheriff Brad Johnson
Deputy Sheriff Brad Johnson

Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, Alabama End of Watch Thursday, June 30, 2022 BRAD JOHNSON Deputy Sheriff Brad Johnson succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained the previous day at about 5:00 pm when he and another deputy were shot by an auto-theft suspect near the intersection of Alabama 25 & Bulldog Bend Road. Deputies pursued the...

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Sergeant Richard Lopez
Sergeant Richard Lopez

Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, Arizona End of Watch Tuesday, June 28, 2022   RICHARD LOPEZ Sergeant Richard Lopez was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a suspect near Stagecoach Trail and Red Rock Lane in Cordes Lake at about 12:45 pm. He had responded to the area to investigate a theft and located the...

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Deputy Sheriff Austin Derek Aldridge
Deputy Sheriff Austin Derek Aldridge

Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office, South Carolina End of Watch Tuesday, June 21, 2022 AUSTIN DEREK ALDRIDGE Deputy Sheriff Austin Aldridge was shot and killed while responding to a domestic call at 3:20 pm on Chaffee Drive in Spartanburg. When Deputy Aldridge approached the house, he was ambushed by the subject. Bystanders gave medical aide to...

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Police Officer Joseph Anthony Santana
Police Officer Joseph Anthony Santana

El Monte Police Department, California End of Watch Tuesday, June 14, 2022   JOSEPH ANTHONY SANTANA Police Officer Joseph Santana and Corporal Michael Paredes were shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call at 10327 Garvey Avenue. At 4:45 pm, Officer Santana and Corporal Paredes responded to a report of a possible stabbing...

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Corporal Michael Domingo Paredes
Corporal Michael Domingo Paredes

El Monte Police Department, California End of Watch Tuesday, June 14, 2022   MICHAEL DOMINGO PAREDES Corporal Michael Paredes and Police Officer Joseph Santana were shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call at 10327 Garvey Avenue. At 4:45 pm, Corporal Paredes and Officer Santana responded to a report of a possible stabbing...

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Deputy First Class Glenn Hilliard
Deputy First Class Glenn Hilliard

Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland End of Watch Sunday, June 12, 2022   GLENN HILLIARD Deputy First Class Glenn Hilliard was shot and killed in Pittsville while attempting to arrest a man wanted on multiple felony warrants from several jurisdictions. Deputy Hilliard saw the man leaving his apartment on Gumboro Road and attempted to arrest...

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Police Officer Kennis Croom
Police Officer Kennis Croom

Meridian Police Department, Mississippi End of Watch Thursday, June 9, 2022   KENNIS CROOM Police Officer Kennis Croom was shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call at the 2400 block of 51st Avenue in Meridian at 5:30 pm. Other officers responding to the call discovered that Officer Croom and a victim of t...

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