Line of Duty Death: Police Officer Brandon Stalker
Police Officer Brandon Stalker
Toledo Police Department, Ohio
End of Watch Monday, January 18, 2021
BIO
Age 24
Tour 2 years, 6 months
Badge 514
INCIDENT DETAILS
Cause Gunfire
Weapon Handgun
Offender Shot and killed
Police Officer Brandon Stalker was shot and killed at about 6:30 pm during a barricade involving an arson suspect.
At approximately 2:20 am the front doors of the historic Rosary Cathedral had been set on fire and racial statements were spray painted onto the walls. At approximately 3:30 pm officers spotted the suspect near his house in the 2300 block of Fulton Street and attempted to talk to him. The man drew a handgun and ran into a home where he barricaded himself inside.
The department’s SWAT team responded to the scene and, after negotiations failed, fired a chemical irritant into the home in attempt to force him outside. The man emerged from the home holding two handguns and opened fire. Officer Stalker, who was on a perimeter position, was struck in the head and fatally wounded.
Other officers returned fire and killed the subject.
Officer Stalker had served with the Toledo Police Department for 2-1/2 years. He is survived by his child and fiancée.
Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:
Chief of Police George Kral
Toledo Police Department
525 N Erie Street
Toledo, OH 43624
Phone: (419 ) 245-3205
