Chris D. McCormick, Sr.

New Orleans Police Department — New Orleans, LA

Felonious

End of Watch July 17, 1996

Age 33

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

The Vigil Panel 142 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 127

Incident

Police Officer Chris McCormick was shot and killed after he and his partner responded to a prowler call at 1429 Leda Court in a usually quiet neighborhood. The man shot Officer McCormick in the left shoulder with a small-caliber weapon, causing a fatal wound. A canine who later found the suspect hiding under a house was shot and wounded. Other officers returned fire and wounded the suspect. The suspect was convicted of first-degree murder in 1996, but in 2008 the ruling was overturned and the suspect was mandated to a mental institution due to paranoid delusions. Officer McCormick had served with the New Orleans Police Department for six years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and five children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer McCormick gave the New Orleans Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the New Orleans community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer McCormick.

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

Agency

Department New Orleans Police Department

Location New Orleans, LA

Platform Identity nopd.orleans.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 17, 1996

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 33

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Offender Shot and wounded

Police Officer Chris D. McCormick, Sr. 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 LA, 364 of 595 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At New Orleans Police Department, 86 of 128 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 67.2% of this agency's fallen.

New Orleans Police Department

of 128 officers

67.2% Felonious

LA — Statewide

364

of 595 officers

61.2% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious