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Detective

Dorian David Rorex

Gary Police Department — Gary, IN

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch January 15, 1998

Age 27

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Badge 120

The Vigil Panel 144 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 14

Incident

Detective Dorian Rorex was shot and killed after a brief foot chase of a drug suspect at 9:30 pm. The detective was responding to complaints of drug activity with two other plainclothes detectives when they spotted a subject fitting the description of a drug dealer. As they pulled up next to him and identified themselves, the suspect began to run. Detective Rorex chased the suspect to a fence, and as he was climbing over, the suspect opened fire on him, striking him once in the chest and twice in the abdomen. He was pronounced dead approximately one hour later at the hospital. One of the other officers returned fire, hitting the suspect several times, paralyzing him. The suspect pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 50 years. He was paroled in 2021. Detective Rorex was a United States Marine veteran who had served in law enforcement for six years.

Survivors

He is survived by his 1-year-old son, an unborn child, his parents, two sisters, and a brother.

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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.
Detective Rorex gave the Gary Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Gary 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 Gary Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Gary, Lake County, IN

Platform Identity garypd.lake.in.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 15, 1998

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 27

Badge Number 120

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Dorian David Rorex served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Detective Dorian David Rorex 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 IN, 311 of 504 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.7% of this state's fallen. That is 61.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Gary Police Department, 10 of 15 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

Gary Police Department

of 15 officers

66.7% Felonious

IN — Statewide

311

of 504 officers

61.7% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious