Officers Killed on This Day in History

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Total Line of Duty Deaths: 79

  • 9/11 related illness 2
  • Accidental 1
  • Assault 2
  • Automobile crash 10
  • COVID19 3
  • Drowned 1
  • Duty related illness 2
  • Explosion 2
  • Fall 1
  • Gunfire 39
  • Heart attack 4
  • Stabbed 2
  • Struck by streetcar 1
  • Struck by train 1
  • Struck by vehicle 2
  • Vehicle pursuit 3
  • Vehicular assault 3

Total Deaths by State

  • Arizona 1
  • Arkansas 1
  • California 9
  • Florida 4
  • Georgia 3
  • Indiana 3
  • Iowa 1
  • Kentucky 2
  • Maine 1
  • Maryland 1
  • Michigan 3
  • Missouri 1
  • Nebraska 2
  • New Mexico 1
  • New York 8
  • North Carolina 3
  • Ohio 6
  • Pennsylvania 7
  • Railroad Police 2
  • South Carolina 1
  • Tennessee 1
  • Texas 5
  • Tribal Police 1
  • U.S. Government 4
  • Virginia 4
  • Washington 2
  • Wisconsin 2

Captain Thomas Cloud

Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Lighthorsemen Police, TR

EOW: Tuesday, March 31, 1885

Cause: Gunfire