Matthew Allen Lovejoy

Murfreesboro Police Department — Murfreesboro, TN

Cardiac

End of Watch June 22, 2007

Age 34

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Police Officer Matthew Lovejoy suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after responding to a burglary call and conducting a search at a local public housing complex.

After completing his shift and returning home, he was found unresponsive. He was transported to a local hospital, where he remained in a coma until passing away one month later.

Officer Lovejoy had served with the Murfreesboro Police Department for 10 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his parents, brother, and grandparents.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Lovejoy gave the Murfreesboro Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Murfreesboro community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Lovejoy.

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

Agency

Department Murfreesboro Police Department

Location Murfreesboro, TN

Platform Identity mpd.rutherford.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 22, 2007

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 34

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Cause Detail Heart attack

Police Officer Matthew Allen Lovejoy 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 TN, 37 of 769 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.8% of this state's fallen. That is 0.8 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Murfreesboro Police Department, 1 of 6 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 16.7% of this agency's fallen.

Murfreesboro Police Department

of 6 officers

16.7% Cardiac

TN — Statewide

of 769 officers

4.8% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac