Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Darryl Cross suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to a barricade following a murder.
At about 12:15 pm the prior day he responded to a barricaded gunman who had shot two people, killing one. Several hours later he responded to another fatal shooting at 7:15 pm with a male subject found deceased from a gunshot wound to the head at the scene. After this incident, a crowd nearby assembled and became very irate, causing Corporal Cross to perform crowd control which grew to over 200 people. The scene did not clear out until 11:45 pm.
He completed his shift and suffered a fatal heart attack the following morning.
Corporal Cross had served with the Detroit Police Department for over 23 years and was with the 12th Precinct. He was fluent in French and Spanish.
Survivors
He is survived by his two sons.
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23 years. You could have gone home.
Corporal Cross gave the Detroit Police Department 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Cross.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Darryl Dwayne Cross Jr. is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In MI, 39 of 719 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Detroit Police Department, 8 of 250 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Darryl Dwayne Cross Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Darryl Dwayne Cross Jr. Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Darryl Dwayne Cross Jr. is highlighted in Jul.
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