Gerard Louis Carter
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Police Officer

Gerard Louis Carter

Felonious
End of Watch July 31, 1998
Age 28
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Gerard Carter succumbed to gunshot wounds he received while searching for a juvenile for whom he had a warrant on July 26, 1998.

Officer Carter and his partner were sitting in a marked police van outside of a New York City Housing Authority building when the suspect approached them and shot Officer Carter in the temple. Officer Carter's partner returned fire but did not hit the suspect.

Officer Carter died on July 31, 1998, after being in a medically induced coma following the shooting.

The 18-year-old suspect, on parole after serving two years for killing a homeless man when he was 15 years old, was caught the next day after a standoff. He was sentenced to 25 years to life following a plea agreement. He was denied parole in 2023 and died in custody in 2026.

The Gerard Carter Community Center, located at 230 Broad St. in Stapleton, opened in 2011. There is also a street named after him.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Carter gave the New York City Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Carter.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location New York, NY
Platform Identity nypd.newyork.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 31, 1998
Tour of Duty 5 yrs
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

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

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

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Time

In 1998, 78 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 89th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Gerard was 28. 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. Gerard had served 5 years; 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

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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

New York City Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Gerard among them.

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Gerard Louis Carter

New York City Police Department · End of Watch July 31, 1998

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 29-W

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