Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Raul Gama was killed when a vehicle went out of control and drove into the unmarked van he was in at 8:55 a.m.
The deputy was conducting surveillance at the time and was parked near the intersection of Oxnard Street and Rhodes Avenue, in North Hollywood, when the van was struck. He was transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries a short time later.
The driver was arrested and charged with felony manslaughter.
Deputy Gama had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for 20 years. He had earned a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office Medal of Valor for helping rescue a family buried in debris from a runaway train in the city of Commerce in 2003.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, four children, and his mother.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
20 years. You could have gone home.
Deputy Sheriff Gama gave the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Gama.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Raul V. Gama is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In CA, 719 of 1,837 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 8.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept., 50 of 120 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 41.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Raul V. Gama's cause is highlighted.
How Raul V. Gama Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Raul V. Gama is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
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