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Officer

Jerrard Foster Young

Metropolitan Police Department — Washington, DC

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch May 21, 1971

Age 25

Tour of Duty 2 yrs 10 mo

Badge 2583

The Vigil Panel 108 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 130

Incident

Officer Jerrard Young succumbed to wounds sustained three weeks earlier while attempting to serve a bench warrant on a suspect in the 3200 block of 14th Street, NW. He was assigned to the Fourth District's plainclothes unit. As he approached the suspect on 14th Street, NW, the man pulled out a .22 caliber handgun and opened fire. Officer Young was transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries approximately one month later. The suspect was charged with murder and sentenced to 30 years. Officer Young was a United States Army Vietnam War Purple Heart veteran and had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for almost three years. He was survived by his mother, father, and brother. The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge DC #1 was named the Jerrard F. Young Lodge.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother, father, and 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.
Officer Young gave the Metropolitan Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Washington 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 Metropolitan Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity mpdc.dc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 21, 1971

Tour of Duty 2 yrs 10 mo

Age 25

Badge Number 2583

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Jerrard Foster Young served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Jerrard Foster Young 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 DC, 754 of 1,419 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.1% of this state's fallen. That is 53.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Metropolitan Police Department, 70 of 131 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.4% of this agency's fallen.

Metropolitan Police Department

of 131 officers

53.4% Felonious

DC — Statewide

754

of 1,419 officers

53.1% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious