Arizona State Trooper Tyler Edenhofer was remembered at a Peoria church on Friday. The 24-year-old Edenhofer was killed in the line of action on July 25 by Isaac King.
Trooper Edenhofer’s mother Debbie told attendees, “He was so, so proud to put on that uniform every day. Now I’m broken.”
— Dept. Public Safety (@Arizona_DPS) August 3, 2018
Trooper Edenhofer graduated from the State Trooper Academy on May 4, 2018 and was finishing his last night of Field Training when calls came in of a man on the side of the road throwing debris at passing vehicles on Interstate 10 near Avondale. Trooper Edenhofer arrived on scene with his Field Trainer to assist the responding trooper and a physical altercation ensued between the suspect and troopers, lasting roughly eight minutes. During the altercation, the suspect was able to obtain one of the troopers’ service weapon and fired two shots. One trooper suffered a non-fatal gun shot wound through his shoulder and Trooper Edenhofer was also shot. The troopers were rushed to the hospital where Trooper Edenhofer was pronounced deceased.
Trooper Edenhofer served in the Navy before joining AZDPS in September 2017. He is the youngest fallen trooper from DPS.