Lyle Fredrick Wohlers

Colorado State Patrol — Lakewood, CO

Felonious

End of Watch November 5, 1992

Age 51

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

The Vigil Panel 138 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 29

Incident

Trooper Lyle Wohlers was shot during a traffic stop of two juveniles on I-70 near Georgetown. During the stop he requested backup but was shot by one of the suspects before backup arrived. The two suspects were apprehended and tried as adults. The shooter was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole and the accomplice was sentenced to 32 years but was released after serving 11 years. As shooter was a juvenile at the time, he was resentenced following the Supreme Court's ruling on juvenile offenders in 2012. The suspect was resentenced to 46 years and his release date is scheduled for 2037. Trooper Wohlers had served with the Colorado State Patrol for 26 years. He is survived by his wife and son. His son became the Chief of Police in Idaho Springs, Colorado.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and son.

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Tributes

26 years. You could have gone home.
Trooper Wohlers gave the Colorado State Patrol 26 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Colorado. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Wohlers.

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

Agency

Department Colorado State Patrol

Location Lakewood, CO

Platform Identity chp.co.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 5, 1992

Tour of Duty 26 yrs

Age 51

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .38 caliber

Offender traffic stop

Trooper Lyle Fredrick Wohlers 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 CO, 235 of 360 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 65.3% of this state's fallen. That is 11.1 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Colorado State Patrol, 11 of 30 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 36.7% of this agency's fallen.

Colorado State Patrol

of 30 officers

36.7% Felonious

CO — Statewide

235

of 360 officers

65.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious