Omega Graham, Jr.

Fort Wayne Police Department — Fort Wayne, IN

Accident

End of Watch December 10, 1987

Age 25

Tour of Duty 3 mo

Badge 254

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Officer Omega Graham was accidentally shot and killed during a police recruit training exercise at Fort Custer Training Center, a National Guard training facility near Battle Creek, Michigan. While acting out a landlord-tenant dispute scenario with other recruits, Officer Graham was accidentally shot in the chest with a .38-caliber handgun that was supposed to be unloaded during the training exercise. Officer Graham was taken to Leila Hospital and Health Center in Battle Creek where he was declared dead on arrival. Officer Graham had been hired by the Fort Wayne Police Department and was in his 13th week of the 16-week recruit academy when the incident occurred.

Survivors

He was survived by his fiancée, 3-year-old daughter, mother, three sisters, and four brothers.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Graham served with the Fort Wayne Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Fort Wayne community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Graham.

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

Agency

Department Fort Wayne Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN

Platform Identity fwpd.allen.in.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 10, 1987

Tour of Duty 3 mo

Age 25

Badge Number 254

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Officer Omega Graham, Jr. is one of 10,094 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,585 officers honored here.

In IN, 152 of 504 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.2% of this state's fallen. That is 0.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Fort Wayne Police Department, 3 of 6 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Fort Wayne Police Department

of 6 officers

50% Accident

IN — Statewide

152

of 504 officers

30.2% Accident

Nationwide

10,094

of 32,585 officers

31% Accident