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Master Patrol Officer

Brian T. A. Gibson

Metropolitan Police Department — Washington, DC

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch February 5, 1997

Age 27

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Badge 1187

The Vigil Panel 143 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 130

Incident

Master Patrol Officer Brian Gibson was shot and killed execution style as he was stopped at a traffic light at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Missouri Avenue, NW. He was shot by a man who had just been ejected from a nightclub by another officer. As Officer Gibson sat in his patrol car, the suspect approached him and shot him four times. One bullet struck his shoulder, and the other three struck him on the left side of his head. The suspect was arrested by other officers as he ran from the scene. On February 18, 1998, the suspect in the case was found guilty of all charges. On April 23rd, 1998, the subject was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Officer Gibson was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for six years, assigned to the Fourth District.

Survivors

Survivors include his wife, two children, parents, and sister.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Master Patrol Officer Gibson gave the Metropolitan Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Washington community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Metropolitan Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity mpdc.dc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 5, 1997

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 27

Badge Number 1187

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Brian T. A. Gibson served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1987â1987) before joining law enforcement.

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Master Patrol Officer Brian T. A. Gibson 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 97,759 officers honored here.

In DC, 754 of 1,419 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.1% of this state's fallen. That is 53.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Metropolitan Police Department, 70 of 131 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.4% of this agency's fallen.

Metropolitan Police Department

of 131 officers

53.4% Felonious

DC — Statewide

754

of 1,419 officers

53.1% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious