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Lieutenant

Eugene Lee Lasco

Indiana Department of Correction — Indianapolis, IN

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch February 21, 2021

Age 57

Tour of Duty 11 yrs 6 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 11

Incident

Lieutenant Eugene Lasco was stabbed to death by an inmate at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana.

The prisoner was being escorted through a common area when he began to assault another corrections officer. When Lieutenant Lasco came to the officer's assistance the inmate stabbed him as well before being subdued by other officers.

Lieutenant Lasco and the other wounded officer were transported to Franciscan Health Michigan City. Lieutenant Lasco succumbed to his wounds at the hospital.

The inmate, who was serving a sentence for three murders in Marion County, was charged with murder was charged with Lieutenant Lasco's murder and other offenses.

Lieutenant Lasco was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the Indiana Department of Correction for 11-1/2 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, children, and grandchildren.

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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.
Lieutenant Lasco gave the Indiana Department of Correction 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the Indianapolis community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Indiana Department of Correction

Type Corrections

Location Indianapolis, IN

Platform Identity idc.marion.in.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 21, 2021

Tour of Duty 11 yrs 6 mo

Age 57

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Military Service

Eugene Lee Lasco served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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Lieutenant Eugene Lee Lasco 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 Indiana Department of Correction, 8 of 12 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

Indiana Department of Correction

of 12 officers

66.7% Felonious

IN — Statewide

311

of 504 officers

61.7% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious