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Police Officer

Reginald Jake Gutierrez

Tacoma Police Department — Tacoma, WA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch November 30, 2016

Age 45

Tour of Duty 17 yrs

The Vigil Panel 166 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 11

Incident

Police Officer Jake Gutierrez was shot and killed after responding to a domestic disturbance call at a home on the 400 block of East 52nd Street.

A male subject inside the home opened fire on Officer Gutierrez, fatally wounding him. Other responding officers were able to make entry into the home and pulled Officer Gutierrez from it. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his wounds.

The subject barricaded himself inside the home and used two young children as human shields for several hours. He was eventually shot and killed by a Pierce County Sheriff's Office SWAT sniper.

Officer Gutierrez had served with the Tacoma Police Department for 17 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his fiancee and three daughters.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Gutierrez gave the Tacoma Police Department 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tacoma community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Gutierrez.

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

Agency

Department Tacoma Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Tacoma, Pierce County, WA

Platform Identity tpd.pierce.wa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 30, 2016

Tour of Duty 17 yrs

Age 45

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Military Service

Reginald Jake Gutierrez served in the U.S. Navy (1989â1992) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Reginald Jake Gutierrez 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 97,772 officers honored here.

In WA, 187 of 340 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 55% of this state's fallen. That is 55 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Tacoma Police Department, 5 of 12 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 41.7% of this agency's fallen.

Tacoma Police Department

of 12 officers

41.7% Felonious

WA — Statewide

187

of 340 officers

55% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious