Leroy Joseph LaFleur Sr.

Miami Police Department — Miami, FL

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch February 16, 1951

Age 26

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 38

Incident

Police Officer Leroy LaFleur was shot and killed after surprising a man who was sleeping in a parked truck near NW 3rd Avenue and NW 14th Street. His partner took him to Jackson Memorial Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. The suspect fled the scene and was never apprehended. Officer LaFleur was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four sons.

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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.
Police Officer LaFleur served with the Miami Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Miami 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 Miami Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL

Platform Identity mpd.miamidade.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 16, 1951

Age 26

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Leroy Joseph LaFleur Sr. served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Leroy Joseph LaFleur 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 97,759 officers honored here.

In FL, 539 of 1,008 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.5% of this state's fallen. That is 53.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Miami Police Department, 20 of 39 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 51.3% of this agency's fallen.

Miami Police Department

of 39 officers

51.3% Felonious

FL — Statewide

539

of 1,008 officers

53.5% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious