A life ended in gunfire on November 26, 2024, and Greenville lost more than a uniformed officer. Cooper Steven Dawson was 28 years old—a young public servant whose future was still unfolding when it was violently taken away. His death leaves grief that cannot be reduced to a badge number, a line in a report, or the final date recorded beside his name. Dawson served with the Greenville Police Department as Police… Read more
A community should never have to learn a young officer’s name this way: through the permanence of an End of Watch, through the silence left where a living person should still be. Officer Jacob Candanoza of the Terrell Police Department was 28 years old when gunfire took his life on December 8, 2024. He had served only four months, but the shortness of that time does not make his sacrifice small. It… Read more
On December 14, 2024, Sergeant Rick Finley went toward a report of a suspicious person in Selmer. He was 39 years old. By the end of that response, the McNairy County Sheriff’s Office had lost a member of its command, Tennessee had lost a public servant, and the people who knew his presence in their communities were left with a silence that cannot be filled by any badge number or official record.… Read more
On December 15, 2024, Charlotte County lost Sergeant Elio Diaz to gunfire during a traffic stop in Charlotte Harbor. He was 40 years old. What began as an encounter in the course of public service ended with a rifle being raised, shots fired, and a life that could never be returned to the people and colleagues who depended on him. Sergeant Diaz was transported to ShorePoint Health Port Charlotte, where he succumbed… Read more
On December 23, 2024, Greensboro lost Police Officer Michael Horan to gunfire while he was answering a call meant to protect people from danger. He was 44 years old. The loss arrived just before Christmas, when families were meant to be together, and left a community facing the unbearable truth that a public servant had gone to help and would not return. Officer Horan had spent seven years with the Greensboro Police… Read more
David Christopher Maland was 44 years old when his life ended in the line of duty. On January 20, 2025, gunfire took a Border Patrol Agent from the people and purpose that had shaped nine years of service. The loss is not made smaller by the passage of time. It remains the permanent absence of a human being whose life held value far beyond a uniform or title. Maland served with the… Read more
Roswell Police Officer Jeremy R. Labonte, 24, died from gunfire on February 7, 2025, after responding to a suspicious-person report. Survived by his wife and family, he is remembered for more than the circumstances of his death: he served his community for over three years and was taken while answering a call for help. Read more
Christopher M. L. Reese was 30 years old when his life was taken in the line of duty. On February 22, 2025, the Virginia Beach Police Department lost Police Officer Reese to gunfire while he was conducting a traffic stop. The loss is both intimate and enormous: one person gone, one badge left behind, and a community forced to confront how quickly an ordinary act of public service can become irreversible. He… Read more
Joseph Anthony Azcona was 26 years old when gunfire took him from the people of Newark. He had spent five years serving with the Newark Police Division, including two years as a detective, and on March 7, 2025, he was doing the work that placed him between a dangerous possibility and the public he had sworn to protect. He never came home. His End of Watch was March 8, 2025. The loss… Read more
A wife and child are left to carry the silence that follows a sudden death. On March 26, 2025, Marysville Police Officer Osmar Rodarte was killed by gunfire while serving a search warrant in Olivehurst. He was 27 years old. The loss is difficult to hold in words because Officer Rodarte’s life was still unfolding. He had served with the Marysville Police Department for two years, after serving as a United States… Read more
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