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Incident
Senior Trooper Craig Gaines passed away from complications related to a leg fracture he received while providing lead security detail for the head coach of the Florida A&M Football Team on September 9, 2025.
During the game against Florida Atlantic University at the FAU Stadium, located at 777 Glades Road in Boca Raton, a player unintentionally ran into Trooper Gaines at the end of a play, fracturing his leg. While recovering from his injury, he began to feel ill and called for assistance. On September 19, 2025, despite life-saving measures, Trooper Gaines succumbed to medical complications stemming from his leg injury.
Trooper Gaines was a United States Navy veteran and had served with the Florida Highway Patrol for 17 years. He previously served with the Havana Police Department and the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, three children, parents, two brothers, and grandchildren.
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- July 23, 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.
Senior Trooper Gaines gave the Florida Highway Patrol 27 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Florida. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Craig Antony Gaines served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Senior Trooper Craig Antony Gaines is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In FL, 81 of 1,008 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Florida Highway Patrol, 5 of 54 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Craig Antony Gaines's cause is highlighted.
How Craig Antony Gaines Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Craig Antony Gaines is highlighted in Sep.
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