June 2020 Blues Issue Vol 36 No 6

Sergeant
Lionel Q. Martinez
Alamo Colleges Police Dept., Texas
End of Watch Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Age 6 Tour 21 Years Badge 0010
Sergeant Lionel Martinez suffered a fatal heart attack while responding
to a shooting call on North Main Avenue at about 10:00 pm. He
was responding to the initial call when he suffered the heart attack. His
patrol car then struck a parked car on East Dewey Place near McCullough
Avenue. Other responding officers immediately started CPR and he was
transported to a local hospital where he died a short time later.
Sergeant Martinez had served with the Alamo Colleges District Police
Department for 21 years.
Trooper
George Baker
Louisiana State Police, Louisiana
Deputy Sheriff
Wyatt Maser
Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office, Idaho
End of Watch Monday, May 18, 2020
Age 23 Tour 1 Year 1 Mo Badge #341
Military Veteran
Deputy Sheriff Wyatt Maser was struck and killed by a patrol car at the
intersection of Bone Road and 9th Road South at 5:20 am. He had initially
responded to a single-vehicle rollover crash, but when he arrived, he
encountered a woman in mental crisis walking away from the crash carrying
a machete. Deputy Maser and another responding deputy attempted
to talk to her for several minutes as she continued to disobey commands
as she walked in the roadway. A third deputy who was responding to the
scene came upon the group on the dark roadway and inadvertently struck
Deputy Maser. Deputy Maser was transported to Eastern Idaho Regional
Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries.
Deputy Maser was a U.S. Air force veteran and had served with the Bonneville
County Sheriff’s Office for 13 months. He is survived by his wife,
daughter, mother and stepfather, father and stepmother, siblings, and
End of Watch Sunday, May 24, 2020
Age 33 Tour 10 years
Military Veteran
Badge # N/A
Trooper George Baker succumbed to injuries sustained on May 20th,
2020, when he was struck by a Hammond patrol car while removing stop
sticks from the roadway during a vehicle pursuit. As the troopers attempted
to remove the stop sticks from the roadway, they were inadvertently
struck by a responding Hammond patrol car. Both troopers were
transported to a local hospital where Trooper Baker succumbed to his injuries
on May 24th, 2020. The second trooper suffered non-life-threatening
injuries.
Trooper First Class
Eugene Kenneth Baron. Jr.
Connecticut State Police, Connecticut
End of Watch Monday, May 25, 2020
Age 56 Tour 18 years Badge # 1280
Trooper First Class Eugene Baron died as the result of cancer contracted
while assisting with rescue and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center
site following the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001.
Trooper Baron had served with the Connecticut State Police for 18 years
Trooper Baker was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the
prior to medically retiring. He is survived by three children, parents, two
Louisiana State Police for three years. He had previously served with the
sisters, his girlfriend and her two children.
Greensburg Police Department for four years and the St. Helena Parish
Sheriff’s Office for three years. He is survived by his wife, daughter, parents,
and sisters.
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