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Master Deputy Sheriff Bradley Michael Link
Master Deputy Sheriff Bradley Michael Link Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Florida End of Watch Friday, August 2, 2024 Master Deputy Sheriff Brad Link was shot and killed when he and other deputies responded to a disturbance at a home on Brookside Drive near County Road 439 in Eustis. As deputies responded to the initial 911 …
Trooper Zachary Fink
Chief of Police Anthony Rickerson Florida Highway Patrol, Florida End of Watch Friday, February 2, 2024 Trooper Zachary Fink was killed in a vehicle crash during a pursuit on Interstate 95 north at Crosstown Parkway near Port St. Lucie at 3:00 a.m. At 2:40 am, the subject was speeding and reckless driving on I-95, and …
Chief of Police Anthony Rickerson
Chief of Police Anthony Rickerson Jasper Police Department, Florida End of Watch Sunday, June 11, 2023 Chief of Police Tony Rickerson was killed in a vehicle crash on CR 143 and Southwest 28th Lane in Hamilton County at 10:25 pm. He was en route to backup officers who were responding to an unauthorized block party …
Sergeant Michael Kunovich
Sergeant Michael Kunovich St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, Florida End of Watch Friday, May 19, 2023 Sergeant Michael Kunovich suffered a fatal heart attack following a violent struggle with a man in the 2500 block of State Road 16 in St. Augustine. The man was sitting in the dark outside of a closed business when …
Police Officer Charles Herring
Police Officer Charles Herring Pembroke Pines Police Department, Florida End of Watch Thursday, February 9, 2023 Police Officer Charlie Herring was killed in a motorcycle crash near the intersection of 184th Avenue and Sheridan Street. He was on routine patrol when a falling piece of a tree fell and struck him. The impact caused him …
2023 Loach An Phobal
Miami Police Officer Paul Schippereit EOW: July 4, 2022 Paul Schippereit was crossing Biscayne Boulevard at 23rd Street when a yellow BMW 320i slammed into him and changed the trajectory of his life. The young Miami police officer was responding to a robbery. The victim had been shot in the face. The year was 1984. Only 27 and a sworn officer for two years, …
Corporal Ray Hamilton
Corporal Ray Hamilton Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, Florida End of Watch Saturday, December 24, 2022 Corporal Ray Hamilton was shot and killed during a barricade at the 710 block of North Park Boulevard in Wright. Deputies had responded to the apartment at about 9:00 am to investigate a domestic assault that had occurred the previous …
Deputy Sheriff Christopher Taylor
Deputy Sheriff Christopher Taylor Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, Florida End of Watch Tuesday, November 22, 2022 Deputy Sheriff Christopher Taylor was struck and killed by a drunk driver while conducting a traffic stop on I-75, south of US-17, at about 8:45 pm. He was standing on the shoulder of the highway with the person he …
Officer Jorge Arias
Officer Jorge Arias A U.S. Customs and Border Protection firearms instructor conducting a course was accidentally shot and killed at a west Miami-Dade gun range Wednesday morning, officials said. Crews responded to the Trail Glades Range just before 10:30 a.m. The county-owned range is located near the intersection of Southwest Eighth Street and Krome Avenue, …
Deputy Sheriff Blane Lane
Deputy Sheriff Blane Lane Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Florida End of Watch Tuesday, October 4, 2022 Deputy Sheriff Blane Lane was shot and killed while serving a felony arrest warrant in Polk City at about 3:00 am. He and three other deputies were invited into the subject’s trailer to serve the failure to appear warrant …