Police Officer Matthew Ruge and Police Officer Paul Elmstrand were shot and killed after responding to a domestic incident in the 12600 block of 33rd Avenue at about 2:00 am. Read more

Deputy Mark Anderson suffered a fatal heart attack in the Olmsted County Adult Detention Center. Read more

Dodge County Sheriff’s Office Captain Loring Guenther died of a heart attack at the age of 43 shortly after returning home from work. Read more

Police Officer Shawn Schneider died from a gunshot wound sustained 11 days earlier after responding to a domestic disturbance call in Lake City. Read more

Detention Deputy Thomas Carroll suffered a fatal heart attack while participating in a CPR training exercise. Read more

U.S. Army Military Police Specialist Travis R. Bruce died March 23 when an enemy mortar round detonated near his guard position in Baghdad. Read more

Corporal Ted Foss was struck and killed by a tractor trailer while conducting a traffic stop on I-90 in Winona County just west of the Lewiston exit. Read more

Officer Meyer was killed in a single-car crash while responding to a call for assistance from a deputy in a neighboring agency. Read more

Hayfield Chief of Police Douglas Claassen died from complications he suffered from a neck injury, which caused bleeding within the spinal column, he sustained on April 30th, 1977, in a struggle attempting to arrest a suspect.  Read more

Special Agent Gary P. Friedli died the day after being involved in a vehicle accident while en route to investigate possible drug smuggling in Douglas, Arizona. Read more

Deputy John Liebenstein was killed by a vehicle that rammed his patrol car at 90 mph during a pursuit. Read more

Sergeant Richard Waldron of the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office was performing his duties of serving civil process paperwork. He started feeling ill and later died from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Read more

Deputy Hanson, 48, died of a heart attack following a high speed chase in which the suspect rammed his patrol car on Highway 60. Read more

Claremont Police Chief Gregory Lange was shot and killed while trying to break up a domestic argument in the city of Claremont, less than 200 feet away from his own residence. Read more

Officer Eugene Sutton of the Rochester Police Department died suddenly of a heart attack at his home shortly after completing his shift. Read more

Investigator John Schneider was shot and killed after he and two other deputies responded to a domestic disturbance at a home in Goodview. Read more

Chief Terrio suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after struggling with a suspect on Main Street. Read more

Deputy Sheriff Jack Werner was shot and killed when he attempted to stop a suspect who was driving wildly in a deserted mall parking lot in Rochester. Read more

Sheriff Eustice was shot and killed while serving papers. Read more

 Sergeant Lloyd Feind was on duty in the communications center around 1:00 a.m. when he suffered a heart attack. He died at 5:00 a.m. at St. Mary's Hospital. Read more

Officer Haley was shot and killed while investigating suspicious activity outside a bowling alley in Rochester. His body was found lying on Quarry road with his weapon, hat, and flashlight missing. Read more

Conservation Officer Ronald Shager was killed when his patrol car was struck by a train near the Rock Island Depot in Faribault, Minnesota. Read more

Reserve Officer Freytag was struck and killed by an automobile while directing traffic outside of the Mayo Civic Auditorium following a broadcast boxing match. Read more

Deputy Robert Moravec died in a vehicle crash when going to a home in LeCenter. Read more

Deputy Sheriff Walter Kruegel died from gunshot wounds sustained nine days earlier while transporting a prisoner. Read more

City Marshal Neil Johnson was shot and killed after responding to a domestic dispute in which a man with a gun was demanding to see his family. When Chief Johnson arrived, the man shot him six times. Read more

Patrolman Joseph Herzog was struck and killed by a vehicle while directing traffic at an accident scene in the city of Austin. Read more

Sheriff Larson was on duty driving to Aberdeen, South Dakota to pick up an individual for an arrest warrant for larceny. He was involved in a head-on collision and died from those injuries. Read more

Officer Melvin Holt, Officer Dudley Brady, and Officer Marcus Whipps died of gunshot wounds when they went to question a suspicious person about illegal shipments of bullheads (fish) to Iowa. Read more

Officer Melvin Holt, Officer Dudley Brady, and Officer Marcus Whipps died of gunshot wounds when they went to question a suspicious person about illegal shipments of bullheads (fish) to Iowa. Read more

Officer Melvin Holt, Officer Dudley Brady, and Officer Marcus Whipps died of gunshot wounds when they went to question a suspicious person about illegal shipments of bullheads (fish) to Iowa. Read more

Marshal Johnson was shot and killed by a drunk man that he had escorted home earlier in the evening. Read more

Game Warden August Olson died after contracting pneumonia while supervising a winter commercial rough fish seining operation in Nicollet and Le Sueur Counties. Read more

Chief Daily and Patrolman Peterson both died from gunshot wounds received the previous day when they attempted to apprehend a suspicious person at the Sibley Hotel. Read more

Patrolman Peterson and Chief James Daily both died from gunshot wounds received the previous day when they attempted to apprehend a suspicious person at the Sibley Hotel. Read more

Hayfield Village Marshal Ole Havey was shot and killed just after midnight by a burglar outside the Dalen & Alrick Store on Main Street. Read more

J. H. Randall died at his home in Albert Lea at 2:00 pm on the 6th of November 1899 from the effects of a blow on the head from C.B. Wing at the latter’s home. Read more

Police Officer Louis Joachim died from rabies after being bitten by a rabid dog two months earlier. Read more

City Marshal Bradley Rodgers was fatally shot by a lunatic on the corner of Washington and Center streets. Read more

Chief of Police David Shipley succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained five days earlier when he was shot by a subject who had just purchased a gun and was threatening to kill his wife. Read more

Officer Kaepernick was shot and killed by a guard assigned to watch the Younger Brothers who had been arrested for attempted robbery. The guard did not know Kaepernick was an officer. Read more

Officer Hamilton suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after being assaulted and choked by a vagrant who he was attempted to remove from the train depot. Read more