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Sergeant

Danny Thomas Parrish

Fort Pierce Police Department — Fort Pierce, FL

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch January 18, 1991

Age 29

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Badge 571

The Vigil Panel 136 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 3

Incident

Sergeant Danny Parrish was shot and killed while making a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling in the wrong way on a one-way street, and had one headlight out. At 7:45 p.m., when Sergeant Parrish stopped the 18-year-old driver at Avenue A and North Fifth Street, the driver attempted to give Officer Parrish false names. Realizing this, Sergeant Parrish attempted to arrest the suspect, who then spun around on the officer and took his service weapon. The suspect then shot him 14 times before fleeing. Hearing gunshots, residents in the area found Sergeant Parrish and used the patrol car radio to call for help. Sergeant Parrish died of his wounds at HCA Lawnwood Regional Medical Center. The suspect was arrested the same night with the remaining two rounds from Sergeant Parrish's gun in his front pocket. The weapon was found buried in the suspect's backyard. He was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. He was executed in March 2026. Sergeant Parrish was a United States Army National Guard veteran and served with the Fort Pierce Police Department for three years. He was survived by his wife and parents. Sergeant Parrish was posthumously promoted to the rank of sergeant.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and parents.

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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.
Sergeant Parrish gave the Fort Pierce Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Pierce 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 Fort Pierce Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Fort Pierce, FL

Platform Identity fppd.stlucie.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 18, 1991

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 29

Badge Number 571

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

Danny Thomas Parrish served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Sergeant Danny Thomas Parrish 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 FL, 539 of 1,008 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.5% of this state's fallen. That is 53.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Fort Pierce Police Department, 4 of 4 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Fort Pierce Police Department

of 4 officers

100% Felonious

FL — Statewide

539

of 1,008 officers

53.5% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious