Tag Archives: Deputy Sheriff

Thirty-year-old Deputy Sheriff Gabriel Ramirez had served the Christian County Sheriff’s Office for 11 months when gunfire ended his life on February 23, 2026. In that brief span, he became part of the daily work of protecting Christian County, Missouri—a public servant whose presence mattered even when the public never knew his name. His death leaves no way to make the loss feel proportionate. Gabriel Ramirez was not a symbol before he… Read more

On February 24, 2026, Christian County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff Michael James Hislope was killed by gunfire in Missouri. He was 40 years old. His death left behind more than an empty uniform or an unanswered radio call; it left a community facing the unbearable fact that a public servant went toward danger and did not come home. According to the Christian County Sheriff’s Office officer memorial record, Hislope was attempting to… Read more

After 16 years with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Sheriff Michael Leroy Jimerson was shot responding to a disturbance call in Ocean Springs. He died at Ocean Springs Hospital on April 1, 2026, leaving behind a record of service and a loss that cannot be repaired. Read more

A family, a sheriff’s office, and a community in Oklahoma are living with an absence that cannot be repaired. Deputy Sheriff Thomas “Walker” LeMay was 30 years old when his life ended in gunfire on April 19, 2026, leaving behind the unbearable fact that a person who went to help someone else would not return. LeMay served with the LeFlore County Sheriffs Office. His final call was a welfare check at a… Read more

A family, a sheriff’s office, and a Kentucky community are left to carry an absence that cannot be repaired. Deputy Sheriff Richard Coyle, 58, died from gunfire after being shot while serving emergency guardianship paperwork at a residence on KY 365 in Sturgis. His End of Watch was April 30, 2026. The facts are stark, but they cannot measure the life behind them: a public servant who devoted 30 years to law… Read more

A family, a department, and a Virginia community are now living with an absence that cannot be repaired. Deputy Sheriff Logan Reece Utt was 31 years old when gunfire took his life on May 29, 2026, while he was responding to a welfare-check call in Cana. The call was meant to bring help to someone in need. Instead, it ended with a public servant dead and another deputy wounded. Utt’s loss is… Read more