Charles D. Warren

Utah Highway Patrol — Salt Lake City, UT

Felonious

End of Watch May 16, 1994

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 15

Incident

Trooper Warren succumbed to gunshot wounds received 25 years earlier when he was shot twice in the head during a traffic stop. He had stopped a vehicle on SR 77 near Springville and was approaching it when the driver shot him twice with a .22 caliber revolver. The wounds caused Trooper Warren to fall into a coma for several weeks. Although he regained consciousness, he remained paralyzed, had difficulty speaking, and suffered serious health problems until succumbing to the wounds. Trooper Warren had been with the agency for 13 years at the time of the shooting.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Warren gave the Utah Highway Patrol 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Utah. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Warren.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Utah Highway Patrol

Location Salt Lake City, UT

Platform Identity uhp.ut.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 16, 1994

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .22 caliber

Offender Apprehended

Trooper Charles D. Warren is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In UT, 84 of 138 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.9% of this state's fallen. That is 6.7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Utah Highway Patrol, 7 of 16 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 43.8% of this agency's fallen.

Utah Highway Patrol

of 16 officers

43.8% Felonious

UT — Statewide

of 138 officers

60.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious