Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper First Class Monty Mitchell suffered a fatal heart attack in the parking lot of the DuBois Station in Jefferson County.
Trooper Mitchell was dispatched to assist with a male subject who was experiencing a seizure and was becoming combative. He assisted medics in transporting the subject to the hospital and upon returning to the station he began to have chest pains. Trooper Mitchell notified his commanding officer that he was going to return to the hospital but cleaned out his patrol vehicle first. As he was backing his patrol vehicle into its spot he suffered a fatal heart attack behind the wheel. Fellow troopers began performing life-saving CPR measures until medics arrived. He was transported to the Penn Highlands Dubois hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
Trooper Mitchell was a 28-year U.S Army veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He served with the Pennsylvania State Police for more than 13 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his mother and two sisters.
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- July 23, 2026
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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 First Class Mitchell gave the Pennsylvania State Police 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Pennsylvania. Thank you 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
Monty Ray Mitchell served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Trooper First Class Monty Ray Mitchell is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In PA, 118 of 1,261 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At Pennsylvania State Police, 1 of 87 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 1.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Monty Ray Mitchell's cause is highlighted.
How Monty Ray Mitchell Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Monty Ray Mitchell is highlighted in Feb.
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