A traffic crash brought Deputy Sheriff Devin Jaramillo to work that afternoon, as ordinary and urgent as so many calls answered by public servants. Instead of helping the people involved reach safety, he was shot and killed. He was 27 years old. On November 7, 2025, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office lost a deputy, and the people who knew and loved him lost a life that should have continued far beyond that day.… Read more
At 25, Marc Tyler Brock’s Watch Ended in Vivian
Marc Tyler Brock was 25 years old when his life was taken by gunfire while he was serving a warrant at a residence in Vivian, Louisiana. His end of watch came on November 14, 2025—a date that now carries the unbearable finality of a young public servant who should have had far more years ahead of him. For six years, Officer Brock served with the Vivian Police Department. The facts available are… Read more
Twenty-Five Years of Service, Then a Doorway Turned Deadly for Sergeant Terri Jean Sweeting-Mashkow
Sergeant Terri Jean Sweeting-Mashkow gave 25 years to the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office. On November 21, 2025, that long record of service ended in gunfire while she was carrying out an eviction notice in Vero Beach. She was 47 years old. The loss is difficult to hold in a single sentence. A public servant went to perform a duty that communities depend on, and she did not come home. Another deputy… Read more
Elijah Garretson, Badge 118: Seven Months of Service, a Lifetime of Loss
A life meant to keep unfolding was cut short on January 11, 2026. Officer Elijah Garretson of the Copperas Cove Police Department was 27 years old when gunfire took him from the people and community he had sworn to serve. His End of Watch is now a date carried by others: colleagues, loved ones, fellow veterans, and everyone who understands how much promise can exist inside a young public servant’s life. Garretson… Read more
Derrick Bonham, Badge 615: A Tennessee Deputy’s Final Call
A family is left to carry an absence that cannot be repaired. A community is left to say goodbye to a 37-year-old public servant whose life ended in gunfire while he was doing the work he had chosen. Derrick Bonham was a Deputy Sheriff with the Weakley County Sheriff’s Office, and his End of Watch came on January 30, 2026. The details are stark, but they do not make this loss feel… Read more
Pradeep Tamang Answered a Call for Help and Never Came Home
Pradeep Tamang was 25 years old when a call for help became the last call he would ever answer. On February 1, 2026, the Gwinnett County Police Department Police Officer Senior was responding to a fraud and forgery report at a Holiday Inn in Stone Mountain when he was shot and killed. A life still opening before him was ended in an instant. The facts are stark, but they cannot measure the… Read more
Badge 59, Remembered: Brian D. Elliott and the Loss Beech Grove Cannot Undo
Brian D. Elliott was 33 years old when a call for help became a permanent wound for the Beech Grove Police Department and for everyone who cared about him. On February 16, 2026, Officer Elliott was killed by gunfire while responding to a disturbance call at an apartment complex in Beech Grove, Indiana. There is no way to make that loss ordinary. A public servant left to answer a call and did… Read more
The Cost of Answering in Lincoln City: Trooper Daniel Shown Remembered
A family, a department, and a state are left to carry a loss that should never have been theirs to bear. Trooper Daniel Shown died on February 27, 2026, after injuries suffered while answering a domestic disturbance and a request for backup in Lincoln City. He was 66 years old. The finality of that date cannot be separated from the simple fact that he went where help was needed—and did not come… Read more
At the Roadside in West Caln, Pennsylvania Lost Corporal Timothy J. O’Connor, Jr.
On March 8, 2026, a traffic stop became the final assignment of Corporal Timothy J. O'Connor, Jr. He was 40 years old. More than 15 years after beginning his service with the Pennsylvania State Police, he was shot and killed while investigating a complaint about an erratic driver. The loss is measured not only in an end-of-watch record, but in the sudden absence of a person who had spent years answering the… Read more
The Empty Place Left by Chicago Officer John G. Bartholomew
Chicago Police Officer John G. Bartholomew, 38, died from gunfire on April 25, 2026, while guarding a hospitalized suspect at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital. After 10 years and 11 months of service, his death leaves a lasting absence in his department, his community, and the lives of those who loved him. Read more
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