Roll of Honor
Incident
Corporal Jacai Colson was shot and killed while responding to an active shooter at the Prince George's County Police Department's District III police station at 7600 Barlowe Road.
At approximately 4:30 pm, three brothers drove to the police station, where one of them opened fire as the other two filmed the incident. The subject shot at the police station, an ambulance, and passing cars before being engaged by responding officers. Corporal Colson, who was in plain clothes, also responded to the scene and engaged the subject, allowing the other officers to seek cover.
Corporal Colson was inadvertently struck by a round fired by one of the other officers. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to the wound.
The armed subject was also wounded. He and his two brothers were all taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder, six counts of attempted first-degree murder, nine counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony, and other charges. He was found guilty of second-degree murder and additional charges on November 2nd, 2018. In January 2019, he was sentenced to 195 years in prison. His two brothers were also convicted of related charges and sentenced to 12 years and 20 years in prison, respectively.
Corporal Colson had served with the Prince George's County Police Department for four years and was assigned to the Narcotics Division.
Survivors
He was survived by his parents, brother, grandparents, godparents, goddaughters, and girlfriend.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal Colson gave the Prince George's County Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Palmer Park community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Colson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Corporal Jacai David Colson is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In MD, 140 of 377 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.1% of this state's fallen. That is 37.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Prince George's County Police Department, 11 of 30 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 36.7% of this agency's fallen.
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