Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Jeremy Henwood was shot and fatally wounded while stopped at a traffic light in an unprovoked attack.
Several minutes earlier the subject had randomly approached a customer getting into a car at a local fast food restaurant and shot him in the face with a shotgun. Moments after fleeing the scene, the vehicle was observed by a gang unit officer from a neighboring city driving at a high rate of speed on I-8. The officer, who was unaware of the shooting, gave chase briefly before the pursuit was called off due to high speeds.
Four minutes after the pursuit ended the vehicle pulled behind Officer Henwood's patrol car on University Avenue and flashed its lights several times. When Officer Henwood pulled into the right lane the driver of the vehicle pulled alongside him and immediately opened fire on him with the shotgun, striking him in the head.
The driver fled the scene as two citizens in the car behind him provided medical assistance to Officer Henwood and used his radio to notify dispatchers of the shooting.
Approximately 30 minutes later a woman called 911 and told dispatchers that a man had just confessed the shootings to her. Responding units encountered the man trying to leave the area in the vehicle and fatally shot him when he reached for the shotgun.
Officer Henwood was transported to Scripps Mercy Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds early the next morning.
Officer Henwood was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the San Diego Police Department for four years.
Survivors
He is survived by his parents, brother, and sister.
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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.
Police Officer Henwood gave the San Diego Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Diego 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
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Jeremy Nicholas Henwood served in the Marine Corps (2010â2011) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Jeremy Nicholas Henwood is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In CA, 974 of 1,837 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53% of this state's fallen. That is 1.2 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.
At San Diego Police Dept., 27 of 38 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 71.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jeremy Nicholas Henwood's cause is highlighted.
How Jeremy Nicholas Henwood Compares
Offender Outcome
Shot and killed
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Jeremy Nicholas Henwood is highlighted in Aug.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Jeremy Nicholas Henwood was killed by shotgun.
Incident Location
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