Kevin M. Lee

New York City Police Department — New York, NY

Cardiac

End of Watch January 27, 2006

Age 31

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Officer Kevin Lee suffered a fatal heart attack following a foot pursuit with three suspects.

Officer Lee was part of a surveillance team that was tailing a group of men who appeared to be casing stores on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan shortly before 6:00 pm.

After being told by employees at one of the stores that the men might have taken a laptop computer, Officer Lee and his team moved in on the suspects, who fled on foot. Following a foot pursuit and struggle with the suspects, Officer Lee lost consciousness. Officers on the scene performed CPR and were able to revive Officer Lee. He was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital but died one hour later.

Two of the suspects were taken into custody at the scene and the third was arrested several days later.

Officer Lee had served as a full-time officer with the New York City Police Department for 10 years and had served an additional five years as an auxiliary officer. He was assigned to the Manhattan North Grand Larceny Unit.

In June 2007 Officer Lee was posthumously awarded the New York City Police Department's Purple Shield Medal.

After being told by employees at one of the stores that the men might have taken a laptop computer, Officer Lee and his team moved in on the suspects, who fled on foot.

Following a foot pursuit and struggle with the suspects, Officer Lee lost consciousness. Officers on the scene performed CPR and were able to revive Officer Lee. He was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital but died one hour later.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and 6-year-old son, and his parents and sister.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Lee gave the New York City Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Lee.

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

Agency

Department New York City Police Department

Type Police Department

Location New York, NY

Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 27, 2006

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

Age 31

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

Kevin is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

Compare against

Time

In 2006, 16 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 24th heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Kevin was 31. Of the 1,249 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. Kevin had served 15 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.