Lloyd E. Reed

Minneapolis Police Department — Minneapolis, MN

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch August 6, 1965

Age 41

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Gender Male

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Incident

Reserve Officer Lyloyd Reed succumbed to injuries he received when he was struck by a vehicle while directing traffic during a series of six tornadoes in the area. Officer Reed was directing traffic at 46th Street and Lyndale Avenue when a car swerved to avoid a falling tree and struck him. He was taken to a hospital where he remained in a coma for three months before passing away. Officer Reed was a United States Navy Reserve World War II veteran.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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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.
Reserve Officer Reed served with the Minneapolis Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Platform Identity mpd.hennepin.mn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 6, 1965

Age 41

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Lloyd E. Reed served in the U.S. Navy (1943â1945) before joining law enforcement.

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Reserve Officer Lloyd E. Reed is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In MN, 84 of 293 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.7% of this state's fallen. That is 28.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Minneapolis Police Department, 15 of 50 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this agency's fallen.

Minneapolis Police Department

of 50 officers

30% Accident

MN — Statewide

of 293 officers

28.7% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident