Kelvin Patrick
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Police Officer

Kelvin Patrick

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Felonious
End of Watch February 6, 2025
Age 67
Tour of Duty 29 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Kelvin Patrick succumbed to gunshot wounds he received at the 18300 block of Steel Avenue in Detroit on May 24, 1996.

While driving north on Steel Avenue shortly before noon, Officer Patrick and his partner observed juveniles walking south. He stopped his patrol car to investigate a possible case of truancy. When his partner approached the two juveniles, one subject smiled at her while he pulled out a handgun and fired at Officer Patrick. He then shot her in her hand before the two subjects fled east.

Both officers were transported to Grace Hospital. Officer Patrick's partner was released two days after the incident. Officer Patrick suffered wounds to his chest, back, and arm, piercing his spine and leaving him partially paralyzed. He passed away from complications from his wounds on February 6, 2025.

The youths were never apprehended.

Officer Patrick had served with the Detroit Police Department for 29 years.

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29 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Patrick gave the Detroit Police Department 29 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Patrick.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 6, 2025
Tour of Duty 29 yrs
Age 67
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Kelvin is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2025, 53 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 135th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Kelvin was 67. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Kelvin had served 29 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

February holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

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His people

Detroit Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Kelvin among them.

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Where

Police Officer Kelvin Patrick

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch February 6, 2025

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 34-WT

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