Roll of Honor
Wyatt Christopher Maser
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Wyatt Maser was struck and killed by a patrol car at the intersection of Bone Road and 9th Road South at 5:20 am.
He had initially responded to a single-vehicle rollover crash, but when he arrived, he encountered a woman in a mental crisis walking away from the crash carrying a machete. Deputy Maser and another responding deputy attempted to talk to her for several minutes as she continued to disobey commands as she walked in the roadway.
A third deputy who was responding to the scene came upon the group on the dark roadway and inadvertently struck Deputy Maser. Deputy Maser was transported to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries.
The woman was taken into custody at the scene. In August 2022 she was sentenced to one year in jail.
Deputy Maser was a U.S. Air force veteran and had served with the Bonneville County Sheriff's Office for 13 months.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, daughter, mother and stepfather, father and stepmother, siblings, and grandparents.
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- August 2, 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.
Deputy Sheriff Maser gave the Bonneville County Sheriff's Office 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Idaho Falls community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Wyatt Christopher Maser served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.
Deputy Sheriff Wyatt Christopher Maser is one of 10,095 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,587 officers honored here.
In ID, 21 of 71 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.6% of this state's fallen. That is 1.4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Bonneville County Sheriff's Office, 2 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Wyatt Christopher Maser's cause is highlighted.
How Wyatt Christopher Maser Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Wyatt Christopher Maser is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
Military Service
Wyatt Christopher Maser served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.
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