Roll of Honor
Jonathan M. Gumm
Incident
Police Officer Jonathan Gumm suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after moving several military star-style barricades in the area of Mud Run Road Bridge.
He responded to reports of an abandoned vehicle in a training area where stolen cars are commonly dumped. He had to move six of the heavy metal barricades that had been chained together so that he could access the service road. He began to feel ill after returning to the police station and collapsed at home following his shift.
Officer Gumm was a U.S. Army veteran and had served with the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Police Department for 17 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and 10 adult children.
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- 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.
Police Officer Gumm gave the United States Department of Defense 17 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Jonathan M. Gumm served in the Army (1983â1991) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Jonathan M. Gumm is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In WA, 18 of 339 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 5.3% of this state's fallen. That is 1.3 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jonathan M. Gumm's cause is highlighted.
How Jonathan M. Gumm Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Jonathan M. Gumm is highlighted in Jul.