Officer Line-of-Duty Deaths
South Carolina
Line-of-duty deaths of officers serving South Carolina agencies, 2005 to 2026. Source: Officer Down Memorial Page. COVID-19 and 9/11-related illness are excluded from the headline figures.
Deaths (excl. COVID and 9/11)
63
10 COVID-19 and 0 9/11 deaths excluded
Per Million Residents
12.3
2020 Census population
National Rank
#12
of 51, by per-million
Gunfire Share
33%
Of displayed deaths
Deaths by Year
Line-of-duty deaths per year in South Carolina.
2026 is year to date.
By Cause
Share of all recorded deaths including COVID-19 and 9/11 illness where present.
By Agency Type
Which kinds of agency lost officers.
Most Recent Line-of-Duty Deaths
The most recent officers from South Carolina agencies. Each name links to their ODMP memorial.
| 2026 | Don "DJ" Keller | Police Officer | Vehicle pursuit | Greenwood Police Department |
| 2025 | Dennis Ricks | Trooper First Class | Struck by vehicle | South Carolina Highway Patrol |
| 2025 | Devin Mason | Deputy Sheriff | Gunfire | Darlington County Sheriff's Office |
| 2025 | Nathaniel Ansay | Deputy Sheriff | Automobile crash | Florence County Sheriff's Office |
| 2024 | Mark Reynolds | Officer First Class | Heart attack | South Carolina State Transport Police |
| 2023 | Jacob Eric Salrin | Deputy Sheriff | Automobile crash | Richland County Sheriff's Department |
| 2023 | Matthew Hare | Police Officer | Struck by train | Easley Police Department |
| 2023 | Michael Wood | Lieutenant | Automobile crash | Newberry Police Department |
| 2022 | Tyrell Owens-Riley | Master Police Officer | Heart attack | Columbia Police Department |
| 2022 | Austin Derek Aldridge | Deputy Sheriff | Gunfire | Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office |
| 2022 | Roy Andrew Barr | Police Officer | Gunfire | Cayce Police Department |
| 2021 | John Christopher Brophy | Lieutenant | COVID19 | Dorchester County Sheriff's Office |
Methodology
Source: the Officer Down Memorial Page. Counts cover officers serving South Carolina agencies whose end of watch fell in 2005through 2026, K9 records excluded. Per-million uses 2020 Census population.
COVID-19 and 9/11-related illness are excluded from the headline figures because ODMP counts both as line of duty and each is a one-time-event tail. COVID dominated 2020 and 2021. The 9/11 cancers concentrate in New York for a 2001 event. Toggle either back on in the charts. Other illness such as heart attacks stays in.