Kermit Fitzpatrick

MI State Police — Lansing, MI

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch July 7, 1991

Age 30

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

The Vigil Panel 137 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 56

Incident

Trooper Kermit Fitzpatrick was shot and killed during a traffic stop on the I 96 and Joy Road in Detroit at 8:00 am. As he approached the vehicle, the driver produced a .22 caliber handgun and fired six times, striking Trooper Fitzpatrick in the jaw, in the chest twice, and in the leg. Two additional shots were stopped by his bulletproof vest. Trooper Fitzpatrick was transported to the Henry Ford Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. The suspect was apprehended and sentenced to life in solitary confinement and hard labor without the possibility of parole. Trooper Fitzpatrick was United States Army military police veteran and had served with the Michigan State Police for four years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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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.
Trooper Fitzpatrick gave the Michigan State Police 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Michigan, 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 MI State Police

Type State Police

Location Lansing, MI

Platform Identity msp.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 7, 1991

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Age 30

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Kermit Fitzpatrick served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Trooper Kermit Fitzpatrick is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In MI, 426 of 718 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59.3% of this state's fallen. That is 59.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At MI State Police, 27 of 57 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.4% of this agency's fallen.

MI State Police

of 57 officers

47.4% Felonious

MI — Statewide

426

of 718 officers

59.3% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Felonious