David Lance Holguin
Deputy Sheriff

David Lance Holguin

Felonious
End of Watch September 5, 1984
Age 24
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Sheriff David Holguin was shot and killed while assisting a young child who was alone at a bus stop at 3:00 am. Deputy Holguin had just finished his shift and was heading home when he saw the boy by himself at the intersection of Florence and Vinevale Avenues in Bell City. He stopped and called the Bell Police Department, identified himself as an officer, and waited with the boy until local police arrived. As he waited for responding officers, the boy's father arrived, and Deputy Holguin began to admonish him. A passerby saw the argument and approached the two men, not realizing that Deputy Holguin was a law enforcement officer because he was in plain clothes and not displaying a badge. When the passerby attempted to intervene in the argument, he saw Deputy Holguin's firearm and opened fire, fatally wounding him. The citizen who shot Deputy Hoguin was arrested, convicted of second-degree murder, and sentenced to 15 years. Deputy Sheriff Holguin had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for one year.

Survivors

He is survived by his mother and two sisters.

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You barely got started.
Deputy Sheriff Holguin gave the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Holguin.

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

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Type Other
Location Monterey Park, Los Angeles County, CA
Platform Identity lacso.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 5, 1984
Tour of Duty 1 yrs
Age 24
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

David is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1984, 91 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 62nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

David was 24. 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. David had served 1 year; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, David among them.

Across the years
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Where

Deputy Sheriff David Lance Holguin

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department · End of Watch September 5, 1984

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 57-E

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