Roll of Honor
Michael Anton Shepherd
Incident
Investigator Michael Shepherd suffered a fatal heart attack after recovering the body of a suicide victim from a steep hillside.
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- July 23, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Investigator II Shepherd served with the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Investigator II Shepherd.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Investigator II Michael Anton Shepherd 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 CA, 52 of 1,837 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 2.8% of this state's fallen. That is 1.2 percentage points below the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael Anton Shepherd's cause is highlighted.
How Michael Anton Shepherd Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Michael Anton Shepherd is highlighted in Apr.