Miosotis P. Familia
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Detective

Miosotis P. Familia

Felonious
End of Watch July 5, 2017
Age 48
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
Badge 9003
Gender Female

Incident

Miosotis P. Familia was appointed to the New York City Police Department in 2005. She was a single mother raising three children while also caring for her aging mother.

On 5 July 2017, then-Police Officer Familia, a 12-year veteran assigned to the 46th Precinct, was sitting in the front seat of a police vehicle after her overnight tour when a man walked up to her window and shot her without warning, killing her. The gunman, Alexander Bonds, was a parolee who hated police and had a history of mental illness; his record included convictions for robbery, assaulting a police officer and selling drugs near a school. After a short foot chase, officers from the 46th Precinct shot and killed him.

She is one of very few female NYPD officers killed by violence in the line of duty. Her death came two and a half years after the similar killing of Police Officers Rafael Ramos and Wen Jian Liu. Police officers from around the world traveled to her funeral in the Bronx. She was posthumously promoted to detective first grade by Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill.

Survivors

She is survived by her three children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Familia gave the New York City Police Department 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Familia.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New York, NY
Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 5, 2017
Tour of Duty 12 yrs
Age 48
Badge Number 9003
Gender Female
Assignment 46 Precinct

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Handgun; Revolver

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Miosotis is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2017, 59 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 129th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Miosotis was 48. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Miosotis had served 12 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun; revolver, in 0.9% of these deaths.

Every cause
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Her people

New York City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Miosotis among them.

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Where

Detective Miosotis P. Familia

New York City Police Department · End of Watch July 5, 2017

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 1-W

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