U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers who died in the line of duty are listed at In Memoriam to Those Who Died in the Line of Duty.
Listed below are officers who have died while on duty in the Tucson Sector:
Name | Date of Death | Cause of Death |
Dennis J. Wells | December 17, 2020 | The CBP Commissioner who agreed that this death occurred in the line of duty. |
Alfonso Murrietta | July 9, 2020 | COVID-19 |
Luiz O. Peña, Jr. | December 23, 2019 | Complications related to vehicle accident |
Robert Hotten | October 6, 2019 | Unidentified cause while on patrol |
Nicholas J. Ivie | October 2, 2012 | Accidental shooting |
Brian A. Terry | December 14, 2010 | Shot in gun battle |
Michael V. Gallagher | September 2, 2010 | Crash |
David Webb | November 3, 2006 | Crash |
Nicholas Greenig | March 14, 2006 | Crash |
George DeBates | December 19, 2004 | Crash |
Alexander Kirpnick | June 3, 1998 | Shot by drug smugglers |
Victor Ochoa | March 11, 1983 | Crash |
George Pringle | December 28, 1940 | Crash |
Lon Parker | July 25, 1926 | Killed in shootout with liquor smugglers |
William McKee | April 24, 1926 | Shot by liquor smugglers |
Sources:
In Memoriam to Those Who Died in the Line of Duty | U.S. Customs and Border Protection | Department of Homeland Security
"Gunfire kills U.S. agent in area where bandits prey." Arizona Daily Star. December 16, 2010. Page 1.
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