Glen Patrick Fisher

Metropolitan Police Department — Washington, DC

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch March 10, 1971

Age 21

Tour of Duty 10 mo

The Vigil Panel 108 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 130

Incident

Officer Glen Fisher was shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant on a suspect in an apartment at 625 K Street, SE. As the team attempted to force open the door, the suspect opened fire, striking Officer Fisher in the head and another officer in the neck. The suspect ran back into the apartment but surrendered without further incident. Officer Fisher was a United States Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War and had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for ten months.

Survivors

He was survived by his expectant wife and one child.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Officer Fisher served with the Metropolitan Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Washington community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Metropolitan Police Department

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity mpdc.dc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 10, 1971

Tour of Duty 10 mo

Age 21

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Apprehended

Military Service

Glen Patrick Fisher served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Officer Glen Patrick Fisher 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 DC, 754 of 1,419 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Metropolitan Police Department, 70 of 131 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.4% of this agency's fallen.

Metropolitan Police Department

of 131 officers

53.4% Felonious

DC — Statewide

754

of 1,419 officers

53.1% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious