Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer George Rose succumbed to a gunshot wound received nine years earlier after being accidentally shot by a fellow officer.
Officer Rose was walking to his police car in the department parking lot when a woman came to the department seeking protection from her abusive husband. The husband followed the woman and opened fire on everyone in the parking lot. Officers returned fire, but the suspect fled the scene in his vehicle, was followed and taken into custody a short time later without incident. Officer Rose was found next to his patrol car a short time later. He had been struck in the head by a stray bullet which was later determined to have been fired by another officer.
Officer Rose never recovered and remained under doctor's care at a rehabilitation center for the next nine years until his death.
Officer Rose had been employed with the Los Angeles Police Department for three years at the time of the shooting.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Rose gave the Los Angeles Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Rose.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer George A. Rose, Jr. 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 Police Department, 97 of 240 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. George A. Rose, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How George A. Rose, Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. George A. Rose, Jr. is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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