Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief of Police C.M. Fly was accidentally shot and killed during a raid on a gambling house at 2 am.
As the officers attempted to break down the locked door, it came off of its hinges, and the officers threw the door onto one of the dice tables. One of the suspects in the room threw the table at the officers, and it struck one of the officer's drawn guns, which discharged. The round struck and fatally wounded Chief Fly.
Chief Fly was survived by his wife and child.
Survivors
Chief Fly was survived by his wife and child.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief of Police Fly served with the Commerce Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Commerce community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Fly.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police C. M. Fly 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 OK, 135 of 582 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Commerce Police Department, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. C. M. Fly's cause is highlighted.
How C. M. Fly Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. C. M. Fly is highlighted in Apr.
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