Nicholas W. Tullier

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Department — Baton Rouge, LA

Felonious

End of Watch May 5, 2022

Age 46

Tour of Duty 18 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 12

Incident

Sergeant Nick Tullier succumbed to injuries sustained six years earlier when he was ambushed by a subject outside a convenience store at 9611 Airline Highway shortly before 9:00 am.

Officers had received reports of a subject walking along the roadway carrying a rifle. As responding officers arrived in the area, they were ambushed by the subject. Corporal Tullier was shot three times and critically wounded. Deputy Sheriff Brad Garafola of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, Corporal Montrell Jackson, and Police Officer Matthew Gerald, both of the Baton Rouge Police Department, were shot and killed. Two other officers were wounded.

The subject was shot and killed by other responding officers.

Sergeant Tullier was posthumously promoted to Sergeant. He had served with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office for 18 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his parents, his two sons, two brothers, and five nephews.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Tullier gave the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the Baton Rouge community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Tullier.

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

Agency

Department East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Department

Type Other

Location Baton Rouge, LA

Platform Identity ebrpso.ebr.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 5, 2022

Tour of Duty 18 yrs

Age 46

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Rifle

Sergeant Nicholas W. Tullier 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 97,756 officers honored here.

In LA, 364 of 595 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.2% of this state's fallen. That is 61.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Department, 11 of 13 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 84.6% of this agency's fallen.

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Department

of 13 officers

84.6% Felonious

LA — Statewide

364

of 595 officers

61.2% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Felonious