Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Kevin Lee suffered a fatal heart attack following a foot pursuit with three suspects.
Officer Lee was part of a surveillance team that was tailing a group of men who appeared to be casing stores on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan shortly before 6:00 pm.
After being told by employees at one of the stores that the men might have taken a laptop computer, Officer Lee and his team moved in on the suspects, who fled on foot. Following a foot pursuit and struggle with the suspects, Officer Lee lost consciousness. Officers on the scene performed CPR and were able to revive Officer Lee. He was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital but died one hour later.
Two of the suspects were taken into custody at the scene and the third was arrested several days later.
Officer Lee had served as a full-time officer with the New York City Police Department for 10 years and had served an additional five years as an auxiliary officer. He was assigned to the Manhattan North Grand Larceny Unit.
In June 2007 Officer Lee was posthumously awarded the New York City Police Department's Purple Shield Medal.
After being told by employees at one of the stores that the men might have taken a laptop computer, Officer Lee and his team moved in on the suspects, who fled on foot.
Following a foot pursuit and struggle with the suspects, Officer Lee lost consciousness. Officers on the scene performed CPR and were able to revive Officer Lee. He was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital but died one hour later.
Officer Lee had served as a full-time officer with the New York City Police Department for 10 years and had served an additional five years as an auxiliary officer. He was assigned to the Manhattan North Grand Larceny Unit.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and 6-year-old son, and his parents and sister.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Lee gave the New York City Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Lee.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Kevin M. Lee is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NY, 99 of 2,147 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.6% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At New York City Police Department, 44 of 1237 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kevin M. Lee's cause is highlighted.
How Kevin M. Lee Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Kevin M. Lee is highlighted in Jan.
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