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APD officer dies after suffering medical emergency before shift

By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
Updated  January 5, 2024 11:18am EST
Atlanta
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Atlanta police officer dies unexpectedly

Officials say the Atlanta police officer suffered a medical emergency while on his way to work for the night shift. FOX 5's Aungelique Proctor has the story.

ATLANTA - The Atlanta Police Department is in mourning after one of its officers died overnight.

Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum confirmed with FOX 5 that the officer, identified as 44-year-old Kenya Galloway, suffered a medical emergency and was found unresponsive in his vehicle at the Atlanta Police Annex on Thursday night.

Kenya Galloway (Atlanta Police Department)

According to officials, Galloway was coming from a second job and had yet to report for duty.

APD officer dies on his way to work

Officials say the Atlanta police officer suffered a medical emergency while on his way to work for the night shift.

Paramedics rushed Galloway to Grady. Unfortunately, doctors couldn't save his life.

The officer's brothers and sisters in blue escorted Galloway's body from Grady Memorial Hospital to the Medical Examiner's Office.

All night long, fellow APD officers and those from other departments showed up at the hospital to pay their respects.

(Billy Heath/FOX 5)

The Atlanta Police Departments say Galloway had been with the department since 2015 and was assigned to the Executive Protection Unit.

Officials have not released what may have been the cause of his death.

(Billy Heath/FOX 5)

Schierbaum says his department is hurting now and is asking for the public's thoughts and prayers for Galloway's family.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens sent the following statement:

My prayers are with the family of Officer Galloway, as well as his APD family. He protected me and my family as if we were his own, and I will be forever grateful for his service.