Brandon Michael Stalker

Toledo Police Dept. — Toledo, OH

Felonious

End of Watch January 18, 2021

Age 24

Tour of Duty 2 yrs 6 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 31

Incident

Police Officer Brandon Stalker was shot and killed at about 6:30 pm during a barricade involving an arson suspect.

At approximately 2:20 am, the front doors of the historic Rosary Cathedral had been set on fire, and racial statements were spray painted onto the walls. At approximately 3:30 pm, officers spotted the suspect near his house in the 2300 block of Fulton Street and attempted to talk to him. The man drew a handgun and ran into a home where he barricaded himself inside.

The department's SWAT team responded to the scene and, after negotiations failed, fired a chemical irritant into the home in an attempt to force him outside. The man emerged from the home holding two handguns and opened fire. Officer Stalker, who was on a perimeter position, was struck in the head and fatally wounded.

Other officers returned fire and killed the subject.

Officer Stalker had served with the Toledo Police Department for 2-1/2 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his two children and fiancée.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Stalker gave the Toledo Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Toledo community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Stalker.

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

Agency

Department Toledo Police Dept.

Location Toledo, OH

Platform Identity tpd.lucas.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 18, 2021

Tour of Duty 2 yrs 6 mo

Age 24

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Police Officer Brandon Michael Stalker is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In OH, 572 of 991 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.7% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Toledo Police Dept., 25 of 32 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 78.1% of this agency's fallen.

Toledo Police Dept.

of 32 officers

78.1% Felonious

OH — Statewide

572

of 991 officers

57.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious