Roll of Honor
Steve Renard Makuakane-Jarrell
Incident
Park Ranger Steve Makuakane-Jarrell was shot and killed in Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park, Hawaii Island, Hawaii. His body was found by a visitor to the park in a brushy area, with his service weapon missing.
Ranger Makuakane-Jarrell had responded to a visitor's complaint of a man with three unleashed dogs. Upon confronting the suspect, a struggled ensued in which Ranger Makuakane-Jarrell used his pepper spray. The suspect gained control of Ranger Makuakane-Jarrell's service weapon and shot him several times, including a fatal shot while he lay on the ground, wounded.
The suspect was arrested several days later and charged with the murder of a United States Park Ranger. In 2006 the suspect was found not guilty be reason of insanity and committed to a federal mental institution.
Ranger Makuakane-Jarrell had served with the National Park Service for 15 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and three children.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Park Ranger Makuakane-Jarrell gave the United States Department of the Interior 15 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Park Ranger Makuakane-Jarrell.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Park Ranger Steve Renard Makuakane-Jarrell 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 DC, 754 of 1,418 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.2% of this state's fallen. That is 53.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service, 8 of 40 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 20% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Steve Renard Makuakane-Jarrell's cause is highlighted.
How Steve Renard Makuakane-Jarrell Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Steve Renard Makuakane-Jarrell is highlighted in Dec.
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