Christy Lynne Brondell-Hamilton

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA

Felonious

End of Watch February 22, 1994

Age 45

Tour of Duty 2 mo

Badge 30433

The Vigil Panel 140 ›

Gender Female

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 239

Incident

Police Officer Christy Brondell-Hamilton was shot and killed after being ambushed by a juvenile boy armed with an AR-15 rifle near the intersection of Amestoy Avenue and Septo Street. The boy had just killed his father and called the police. When Officer Brondell-Hamilton and her partner arrived at the scene they observed several screaming persons at the end of a cul-de-sac. The officers parked a short distance away to devise a tactical plan but unknowingly parked in front of the location where the boy had set up an ambush position. The boy opened fire on Officer Brondell-Hamilton as she retrieved a radio from the patrol car. One of the rounds passed through the patrol car's window and struck her in the armhole of her vest, killing her. The boy then committed suicide. Officer Brondell-Hamilton had graduated from the police academy two months earlier.

Survivors

She is survived by her two children, parents, brother, sister, nieces, and nephews.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Brondell-Hamilton served with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Brondell-Hamilton.

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

Agency

Department Los Angeles Police Department

Location Los Angeles, CA

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

Service Record

End of Watch February 22, 1994

Tour of Duty 2 mo

Age 45

Badge Number 30433

Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Rifle; AR-15

Offender Cause: Gunfire

Police Officer Christy Lynne Brondell-Hamilton 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 Los Angeles Police Department, 115 of 240 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.9% of this agency's fallen.

Los Angeles Police Department

115

of 240 officers

47.9% Felonious

CA — Statewide

974

of 1,837 officers

53% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious