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
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
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
Sergeant Scott Ries should still be here. Instead, a wife, two daughters, a mother, a brother, a niece, and a nephew are left to face a silence that cannot be repaired. On July 5, 2026, Ries, 54, was killed by gunfire while answering a call near 90 Chippewa Trail in Rittman, Ohio. His death leaves a permanent absence in the family he loved and in the community he served. According to the… Read more
Deputy U.S. Marshal Michael Andrew Hanson gave six years of service to the United States Marshals Service before his End of Watch on July 13, 2026. He was 36 years old. The U.S. Marshals Service reported that he was fatally shot while serving an arrest warrant in Alexandria, Louisiana. Hanson’s death leaves a solemn mark on the federal law-enforcement community and on every agency that knew his work. His memorial is rooted… Read more
Police Officer Christopher DeLong, Jr. of the Columbia Police Department in South Carolina is remembered with sorrow and gratitude. He was killed by gunfire on August 29, 2026, while responding to a domestic disturbance near the 900 block of Hazelwood Road in Columbia’s Southeast Park area. Officer DeLong was 29 years old and had served the Columbia Police Department for 605 days. The South Carolina Fraternal Order of Police reported that he… Read more
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