How Many Law Enforcement Line-of-duty Deaths Have We Suffered In York County? Learn More

York County is mourning the line-of-duty death of West York Police Officer Andrew Duarte Feb. 22, 2025.

Officer Duarte was killed during a hostage situation in the Intensive Care Unit of UPMC Memorial Hospital, while two other officers, from Northern York County Regional Police and Springettsbury Township Police, were wounded, along with hospital staffers. York County District Attorney Tim Barker identified the killer as Diogenes Archangel Ortiz of York, who according to court records was 50.

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The county has mourned a number of law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty over the last century:

Private Dean Zeigler of the Pennsylvania Motor Police, the predecessor of the state police, killed Oct. 11, 1942.
Officer David Tome of the Northern York County Regional Police Department, killed Oct. 21, 2008.

To learn more about these fallen officers, visit York’s Police Heritage Museum website for biographies.

Flowers are placed on the steps of the West York Police Department in memory of fallen Officer Andrew Duarte, who was killed in the line of duty at UPMC Memorial Hospital Feb. 22, 2025.

The York City Police Department recently dedicated a memorial outside its King Street station honoring the two fallen city officers, Officer Henry Schaad who died after being hit by a bullet while riding in an armored vehicle during York’s 1969 race riots, and Officer Alex Sable, who died after suffering cardiac arrest during SWAT training.

This article originally appeared on York Daily Record: Police officer line-of-duty deaths from York County PA

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