Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Andrew Duarte was shot and killed while responding to reports of an active shooter at the UPMC Memorial Hospital on Innovation Drive and Roosevelt Avenue in York at 10:43 a.m.
A subject entered the UPMC Memorial Hospital ICU on Saturday morning and, after learning the woman he lived with had died, he pulled out a gun and started firing, striking a doctor and another hospital worker. He continued to threaten hospital employees and took a few hostages. When officers arrived at the scene, the subject shot at officers and ordered them to retreat. Despite efforts to talk to the shooter, he refused to engage. When he emerged from the ICU, he was holding a female nurse hostage, whose hands were bound with zip ties, at gunpoint. Unknown to officers on the scene, the subject was out of ammunition and his gun was empty. When the subject refused to release his hostage, officers fired. Two bullets struck Patrolman Duarte, mortally wounding him.
During the standoff, the subject called his brother and shared his situation, stating that he was ready to die.
Four hospital employees were injured; two were shot and two received other injuries. Two law enforcement officers were shot, and a third was wounded by shrapnel.
In 2021, Patrolman Duarte received a hero award from Mothers Against Drunk Driving for his work in enforcing impaired driving in Colorado.
Patrolman Duarte had served with the West York Borough Police Department for over two years and previously served with the Denver Police Department for five years.
Survivors
He is survived by his mother and father.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Duarte gave the West York Borough Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the West York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Duarte.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Andrew William Duarte 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 PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Andrew William Duarte's cause is highlighted.
How Andrew William Duarte Compares
Offender Outcome
Shot and killed
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Andrew William Duarte is highlighted in Feb.