Patrick C. Bauer
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Special Agent

Patrick C. Bauer

Accident Veteran
End of Watch August 17, 2023
Age 47
Tour of Duty 14 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Special Agent Patrick Bauer was inadvertently shot and killed while participating in departmental firearms training in Phoenix, Arizona.

Members of IRS Criminal Investigation and other federal agencies were using the shooting range at Federal Correctional Institute Phoenix when Special Bauer was inadvertently shot by another agent.

He was transported to HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center where he succumbed to his wounds.

Special Agent Bauer was a veteran of the Arizona Air National Guard and had served with the United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation for 14 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and four children.

In Our Keeping

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BO-US-FED-C1A3E0AF
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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.
Special Agent Bauer gave the United States Department of the Treasury 14 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdtirscifed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 17, 2023
Tour of Duty 14 yrs
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

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

Special Agent Patrick C. Bauer is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, 4 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 80% of this agency's fallen.

United States Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation
4
of 5 officers
80% Accident
DC — Statewide
454
of 1,419 officers
32% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Patrick C. Bauer's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Patrick C. Bauer Compares

Age at End of Watch
47
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
14
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Patrick C. Bauer is highlighted in Aug.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location