{"id":1236746,"date":"2022-01-24T19:39:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T00:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1236746"},"modified":"2022-01-24T19:39:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T00:39:30","slug":"crime-wave-five-police-officers-killed-in-line-of-duty-in-first-24-days-of-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crime-wave-five-police-officers-killed-in-line-of-duty-in-first-24-days-of-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Crime Wave: Five Police Officers Killed in Line of Duty in First 24 Days of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcrime-wave-five-police-officers-killed-in-line-of-duty-in-first-24-days-of-2022%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1236746&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">In the first 24 days of the new year, a total of five police officers across three states have been killed in the line of duty as a crime wave continues sweeping the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Officer&nbsp;Fernando Arroyos had served three years with the Los Angeles Police Department in California when, on January 10, he was allegedly robbed at gunpoint by members of the F-13 Gang. At the time of the robbery, Arroyos and his girlfriend were looking at a home for sale when the gang members confronted them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Arroyos, while getting his girlfriend to safety, was shot at by the gang members. Arroyos returned fire but had been wounded. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he died from his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice (DOJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-cdca\/pr\/three-gang-members-and-one-gang-associate-charged-federal-racketeering-offense-robbery\">has charged<\/a> 29-year-old&nbsp;Luis Alfredo De La Rosa Rios, 22-year-old&nbsp;Ernesto Cisneros, 34-year-old&nbsp;Jesse Contreras \u2014 all of whom are F-13 Gang members \u2014 as well as 18-year-old Haylee Marie Grisham, Rios\u2019s girlfriend, with violating racketeering laws.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in New York City, New York, on January 21, 22-year-old New York Police Department (NYPD) Officer Jason Rivera was allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/22\/alleged-nypd-cop-killer-lashawn-mcneil-has-lengthy-rap-sheet-was-out-on-probation\/\">murdered by<\/a> a career criminal out on probation, 47-year-old Lawshawn McNeil, while responding to a domestic violence dispute with his partner.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Rivera\u2019s wife posted a message to her late husband, writing \u201cI love you till the end of time.\u201d The couple had just married on October 9, 2021.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CZEwhgoOYKD\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rivera\u2019s partner, NYPD officer Wilbert Mora, remains in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>That same day, in Elk Grove, California, 31-year-old Jermaine Walton \u2014 out on probation for a 2017 drunk driving conviction \u2014 allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/gooddaysacramento.cbslocal.com\/2022\/01\/21\/dui-driver-killed-officer-probation\/\">hit and killed<\/a> officer Tyler Lenehan, a six-year veteran and father of two children, while drunk driving the wrong way down a highway.<\/p>\n<p>Walton has since been hit with felony drunk driving and murder charges.<\/p>\n<p>The California Association of Highway Patrolmen Credit Union (CAHP) has set up a donation page to support Lenehan\u2019s family. Readers can donate <a href=\"https:\/\/cahpcu.org\/OfficerTyLenehanMemorialFund\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Family members remembered Lenehan in a Facebook post, writing that the officer \u201cperformed innumerable acts of charity and kindness and blessed many lives with his personality, love, and humility.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ElkGrovePoliceDepartment\/posts\/4768274083219625\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/127444587302621\/posts\/4768274083219625\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Statement from the Lenehan Family:Our family is deeply heartbroken and devastated by the tragic loss of our husband,\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/127444587302621\">Elk Grove Police Department<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/127444587302621\/posts\/4768274083219625\/\">Sunday, January 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>On January 23 in Harris County, Texas,&nbsp;Corporal Charles Galloway, a 47-year-old father who had been on the force for 12 years, was conducting a traffic stop when the driver allegedly stepped out of his vehicle and used an \u201cassault-style weapon\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2022\/01\/23\/texas-deputy-gunned-down-killed-during-traffic-stop-ambush\/\">to shoot Galloway<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Galloway died at the scene. The suspect, a young Hispanic man in a white Toyota Avalon, is still on the run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorporal Galloway was very much loved by the men and women he served with,\u201d Constable Ted Heap said in a statement. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of broken-up officers who he meant a lot to in their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The following day, on January 24, Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Sgt.&nbsp;Ramon Gutierrez, 45-years-old, was off duty providing help with a convoy of oversized machinery on a highway. While off his motorcycle, directing traffic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2022\/01\/24\/sheriff-family-of-sergeant-killed-by-intoxicated-driver-should-be-planning-wedding-not-funeral\/\">Gutierrez was struck<\/a> by 40-year-old Lavillia Spry whom police said had been driving drunk.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Gutierrez had been with the Sheriff\u2019s Office for 20 years and his daughter has been planning her wedding here he planned to walk her down the aisle. He leaves behind a wife, daughter, and two sons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard when you see a family breaking down and their heartbroken and their dreams are shattered right before your eyes and dreams unfilled, as I said, with their daughter set to be married soon,\u201d&nbsp;Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a statement. \u201cWe should be planning a wedding, not a funeral service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Seattle, Washington, Police Department K9 was also killed in the first few days of 2022. The K9, named Jedi, was helping an officer capture a burglary suspect on January 5. While chasing the suspect down, Jedi was stabbed with a knife to death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJedi, thank you for your service and commitment to your community and to your partner. You will be greatly missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with Seattle PD and K9 Jedi\u2019s handler and family,\u201d police department officials said in <a href=\"https:\/\/lynnwoodtimes.com\/2022\/01\/07\/k-9-officer-jedi-killed-during-pursuit\/\">a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19610538\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/k9-jedi.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19610538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/k9-jedi.jpeg\" alt=\"SPD\" width=\"788\" height=\"985\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Seattle Police Department<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/03\/crime-wave-six-police-officers-killed-in-the-line-of-duty-in-final-month-of-2021\/\">a total of 63<\/a> police officers were killed across the U.S. in the line of duty.<\/p>\n<p>From January 1, 2021 to December 1, 2021, the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/05\/report-60-police-officers-shot-killed-year-ambush-attacks-skyrocket\/\">revealed&nbsp;that<\/a> 314 police officers were shot in the line of duty with 119 those shootings occurring in the midst of 95 separate ambush-style attacks on officers, resulting in 28 of the total gunfire deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, ambush attacks on officers increased nearly 130 percent compared to 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JxhnBxnder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first 24 days of the new year, a total of five police officers across three states have been killed in the line of duty as a crime wave &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1236746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1236746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1236746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1236746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1236746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}