Gary Orville Elkins

Long Beach Police Department — Long Beach, CA

Felonious

End of Watch January 1, 1976

Age 34

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 27

Incident

Officer Elkins was shot and killed when he and his partner responded to an unknown trouble call at a home on Easy Avenue. He was shot while he walked to the front door of the residence by a mentally disturbed person. In an hour long gun battle that followed, police shot and killed the suspect. Officer Elkins had served with the agency for 10 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Elkins gave the Long Beach Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Long Beach community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Elkins.

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

Agency

Department Long Beach Police Department

Location Long Beach, CA

Platform Identity lbpd.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 1, 1976

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 34

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Shot and killed

Police Officer Gary Orville Elkins is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In CA, 974 of 1,837 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53% of this state's fallen. That is 1.2 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Long Beach Police Department, 13 of 28 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 46.4% of this agency's fallen.

Long Beach Police Department

of 28 officers

46.4% Felonious

CA — Statewide

974

of 1,837 officers

53% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious