Roll of Honor
Incident
Reserve Officer Lyloyd Reed succumbed to injuries he received when he was struck by a vehicle while directing traffic during a series of six tornadoes in the area. Officer Reed was directing traffic at 46th Street and Lyndale Avenue when a car swerved to avoid a falling tree and struck him. He was taken to a hospital where he remained in a coma for three months before passing away. Officer Reed was a United States Navy Reserve World War II veteran.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three 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.
Reserve Officer Reed served with the Minneapolis Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Minneapolis community, and 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
Lloyd E. Reed served in the Navy (1943â1945) before joining law enforcement.
Reserve Officer Lloyd E. Reed 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 MN, 84 of 293 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Minneapolis Police Department, 15 of 50 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Lloyd E. Reed's cause is highlighted.
How Lloyd E. Reed Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Lloyd E. Reed is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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