Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Jake Guns was killed in an automobile crash at the intersection of Broadway and Washington Avenue in Yakima.
Deputy Guns was on his way to the local hospital to pick up a man for questioning. The subject had been wounded in an earlier knife fight. Deputy Guns' department vehicle collided with another vehicle.
Deputy Guns served with the Yakima County Sheriff's Office.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, daughter, brother, and sister.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Guns served with the Yakima County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Yakima community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Guns.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Jake Guns 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 WA, 111 of 339 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.7% of this state's fallen. That is 1.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jake Guns's cause is highlighted.
How Jake Guns Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jake Guns is highlighted in Sep.