Larry D. Minard Sr.

Omaha Police Department — Omaha, NE

Felonious

End of Watch August 17, 1970

Age 29

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Badge 248

The Vigil Panel 107 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 24

Incident

Officer Larry Minard was killed when a booby-trapped briefcase with three sticks of dynamite exploded at a house at Ohio Street and North 28th Avenue. The briefcase was found on the floor of a vacant house and exploded as Officer Minard attempted to move it. Seven other officers were injured in the incident. Three suspects were members of the Black Panthers and had lured the officers to the home with a 911 call. Two of the subjects were convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. One of the convicted men died in prison in March 2016 and the second died in prison in December 2023. Murder charges were dismissed against the 15-year-old suspect after he testified against the two adults and provided other information to authorities. Officer Minard had served with the Omaha Polie Department for seven years. He was survived by his wife and five children. The Black Panther Party was a black nationalist and Marxist revolutionary political and militant organization active in the United States between 1966 and 1982. Members and former members of the group were responsible for the murders of over 20 law enforcement officers and the wounding of dozens more across the nation. Please click here to visit all the law enforcement officers who have died as a result of the Black Panther Party's violent activism.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and five children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Minard gave the Omaha Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Omaha community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Minard.

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

Agency

Department Omaha Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Omaha, Douglas County, NE

Platform Identity opd.douglas.ne.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 17, 1970

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Age 29

Badge Number 248

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Explosives

Officer Larry D. Minard Sr. 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 97,772 officers honored here.

In NE, 97 of 151 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 64.2% of this state's fallen. That is 64.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Omaha Police Department, 21 of 25 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 84% of this agency's fallen.

Omaha Police Department

of 25 officers

84% Felonious

NE — Statewide

of 151 officers

64.2% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious