Lieutenant Michael A Hoosock - Onondaga County Sheriff's Office - NY - True Life Hero

Michael A Hoosock ("Hootch")
- Apr. 14, 2024 -

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Onondaga County Sherrif's Office Patch

Resided:	Clay NY, USA
Born:	Jun. 18, 1986
Fallen:	Apr. 14, 2024
Race/Sex:	Caucasian Male / 37 yrs. of age
	Agency
Dept:	Onondaga County Sheriff's Office - NY 407 S State St Syracuse, NY 13202 USA (315)435-4092
County:	Onondaga
Dept. Type:	County/Police
Hero's Rank:	Lieutenant
Sworn Date:	Unk
FBI Class:	Homicide - Gun
Weapon Class:	Firearm
Agency URL:	Click Here
On The Job:	16 years

Bio: Michael A. 'Hootch' Hoosock was born in the town of Onondaga to Daniel Hoosock and Cynthia (Trichilo). Michael received his bachelor�s degree in emergency management and was currently a Lieutenant with the Onondaga County Sheriff�s Department. Michael�s faith was important to him, he was a former communicant of St. Daniel Church in Lyncourt and was currently attending St. Rose of Lima Church in North Syracuse. He loved to golf, fish, and could mis-identify wildlife better than anyone.

Over the past 20+ years Hootch touched and impacted so much of Onondaga County's public service, joining initially the Lyncourt Fire Department and working as a paramedic for Rural/Metro, and going on to work for WAVES and NOVA ambulance companies and last worked as a firefighter/paramedic part time with Manlius FD. He also worked incredibly hard at becoming trained for both Bomb Squad earning the rank of Commander and worked with SWAT as a medic on the team. For a few years he even worked on Air 1 as a Deputy with the Sheriff's Department as a paramedic. He often put himself into the path of any new Deputy to get them trained, providing CPR/EMT training to new recruits at the academy and being an FTO throughout his time with the department. He was a volunteer with Moyers Corners and climbed the ranks to Deputy Chief until he took a step back to spend more time with his children.

Every chance he got he encouraged people to follow their love of public service and wrote countless letters of recommendations and completed many a phone call while other agencies were doing backgrounds for military or police experience. Everything he did, he did with a love for the job and only declined work or volunteer events for commitments with family. He touched us all and brought so much joy to those around him. He could hardly be serious even when he probably should have been.

Survived by:

Wife
and three children

Fatal Incident Summary

Offender:	Christopher Murphy / Male - 33 years old

Location:	NY USA
Summary:	Lieutenant Michel Hoosock and Police Officer Michael Jensen, of the Syracuse Police Department, were shot and killed while attempting to locate a subject who had led officers on a vehicle pursuit earlier in the night. The subject had fled from Syracuse police officers when they attempted a traffic stop. As officers terminated the pursuit and then went to the home on Darien Drive, in Salina, where the vehicle was registered. The officers requested assistance from the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office after locating the vehicle at the home and observing firearms inside of it. As they set up a perimeter around the home officers heard the subject manipulating a firearm inside. Lieutenant Hoosock was in the backyard of a neighboring home when the man emerged from the home and opened fire on him with an AR-15, fatally wounding him. The man then went to the front of the home where he exchanged shots with other officers, fatally wounding Officer Jensen. The subject was also shot and killed during the shootout.
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Related:	Michael E. Jensen

Last Updated: Apr. 24, 2024