<page_title> Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis </page_title> <section_title> Fallen Officers </section_title> <table> <cell> Gunfire <col_header> Cause of deaths </col_header> </cell> <cell> 89 <col_header> Number of deaths </col_header> </cell> <cell> Heart attack <col_header> Cause of deaths </col_header> </cell> <cell> 3 <col_header> Number of deaths </col_header> </cell> <cell> 172 <col_header> Number of deaths </col_header> </cell> </table>
172 officers in the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department died in the line of duty, 89 of them from gunfire, and three from heart attacks.