Natasha Maria Hunter
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Police Officer

Natasha Maria Hunter

New Orleans Police Department — New Orleans, LA
Felonious
End of Watch June 7, 2016
Age 32
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
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Gender Female

Incident

Police Officer Natasha Hunter succumbed to injuries sustained two days earlier when her cruiser was struck from behind by a drunk driver on I-10, near the Esplanade Avenue exit.

Officer Hunter was blocking traffic for another officer who was conducting an accident investigation when the drunk driver drove through cones and struck her cruiser. She was transported to a local hospital where she remained in grave condition until succumbing to her injuries.

The driver of the vehicle that struck her was taken into custody and charged with first-degree vehicular negligent injuring and reckless operation.

Officer Hunter had served with the New Orleans Police Department for 11 years. She is survived by her 5-year-old daughter and two sisters. Both of her sisters serve in law enforcement in the New Orleans area.

Survivors

She is survived by her 5-year-old daughter and two sisters.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Hunter gave the New Orleans Police Department 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the New Orleans community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Hunter.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
Platform Identity nopd.orleans.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 7, 2016
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
Age 32
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Vehicular assault
Weapon Automobile; Alcohol involved

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Natasha is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2016, 82 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 79th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Natasha was 32. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Natasha had served 11 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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 automobile; alcohol involved, in 1% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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Her people

New Orleans Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Natasha among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Natasha Maria Hunter

New Orleans Police Department · End of Watch June 7, 2016

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 34-W

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