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Patrol Officer

Brian Craig Roshong

Canton Police Department — Canton, OH

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch July 22, 1996

Age 24

Tour of Duty 2 mo

Badge 170

The Vigil Panel 143 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Laid to Rest Department 6

Incident

Officer Brian Roshong succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained two days earlier while involved in a foot pursuit of a suspect.

Officer Roshong and his partner were checking the impound lot on 30th Street Northeast in Canton after witnessing suspicious activity. While pursuing the suspicious person, the subject fired at both officers, striking them. Officer Roshong was transported to the Columbia Mercy Medical Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds on July 22, 1996. Officer Roshong's partner was also wounded, but recovered.

The 22-year-old suspect was apprehended, convicted of murder, and was sentenced to life without parole.

Officer Roshong was a United States Army veteran who had served with the Canton Police Department for only 2 months and previously served with the Cambridge Police Department. His father retired as a captain with the Stark County Sheriff's Department.

Survivors

Survivors include his parents and three siblings.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrol Officer Roshong served with the Canton Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Canton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrol Officer Roshong.

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

Agency

Department Canton Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Canton, Stark County, OH

Platform Identity cpd.stark.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 22, 1996

Tour of Duty 2 mo

Age 24

Badge Number 170

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Laid to Rest Calvary Cemetery

Military Service

Brian Craig Roshong served in the U.S. Army (1990â1994) before joining law enforcement.

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Patrol Officer Brian Craig Roshong is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 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 57.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Canton Police Department, 5 of 7 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 71.4% of this agency's fallen.

Canton Police Department

of 7 officers

71.4% Felonious

OH — Statewide

572

of 991 officers

57.7% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious