End of Watch April 2020

April 2020 report showing 32 line of duty deaths, a 38% increase over the same time last year

In April 2020, 32 officers in the United States lost their lives in the line of duty; 23 of those line of duty deaths were the result of COVID-19 contracted while on duty.

Additionally, four officers died in April as the result of gunfire, three died as the result of automobile crashes, one died from vehicular assault, and one officer was struck by a vehicle.

At the end of April, a total of 69 officers had died in the line of duty, a 38% increase over the same time last year.

The Officer Down Memorial Page extends our sincere condolences to the families, friends, and agencies who lost a loved one to a line of duty death in April 2020. Please take a moment to read their memorials and remember the fallen:
 

Deputy Sheriff Jeff Hopkins
El Paso County Sheriff's Office (TX)

Deputy Sheriff Terrell Young
Riverside County Sheriff's Department (CA)

Police Officer Marco DiFranco
Chicago Police Department (IL)

Deputy Sheriff Shannon Bennett
Broward County Sheriff's Office (FL)

Corrections Officer IV Kelvin D. Wilcher
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TX)

Officer Breann Leath
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IN)

Sergeant Clifford W. Martin, Sr.
Chicago Police Department (IL)

Chief of Police Terry Engle
Hampton Police Department (IL)

Chief of Police Robert William Sealock
Aliquippa City Police Department (PA)

Deputy Sheriff Jeremy LaDue
Charleston County Sheriff's Office (SC)

Police Officer Jose Fontanez
Boston Police Department (MA)

Sergeant Joseph Spinosa
Sands Point Police Department (NY)

Detective Alex Ruperto
Union City Police Department (NJ)

Police Officer Ronald Newman
Chicago Police Department (IL)

Police Officer Justin Putnam
San Marcos Police Department (TX)

Police Officer Christopher Eric Ewing
Smyrna Police Department (GA)

Probation and Parole Agent Kaitlin Marie Cowley
Louisiana Dept of Public Safety and Corrections - Louisiana Probation and Parole (LA)

Warden Wilmot Sandlin "Sandy" McCain
Louisiana Department of Corrections (LA)

Corporal Lawrence Onley
United States Department of Defense - Naval District Washington Police Department (U.S. Govt)

Corrections Officer V Jonathon Keith Goodman
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TX)

Police Officer Dan Walters
San Diego Police Department (CA)

Chaplain II Akbar N. Shabazz
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TX)

Police Officer Joseph Cappello
Melrose Park Police Department (IL)

Patrolman Gary Walker
Bloomingdale Police Department (NJ)

Agent Miguel Martínez-Ortiz
Puerto Rico Police Department (PR)

Lieutenant Glenn Dale Hutto, Jr. 
Baton Rouge Police Department (LA)

Deputy Sheriff John Andrew Rhoden
Bell County Sheriff's Office (TX)

Corrections Officer Coy D. Coffman, Jr. 
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TX)

Corrections Officer V James D. Coleman
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TX)

Senior Police Officer Mark Hall, Sr. 
New Orleans Police Department (LA)

Detective Sergeant Randall C. French
Troy Police Department (NY)

Detention Deputy Timothy De La Fuente
Bexar County Sheriff's Office (TX)