Bryan Gray, a Pennsylvania State Police trooper, husband, and father, died on Thursday, Jan. 18, according to his obituary . He was 36.
A Philadelphia native, Gray most recently lived in Morrisville with his wife and daughter, loved ones wrote. He was a state trooper of five years, serving at the Troop K barracks in Philadelphia, a family member wrote on GoFundMe .
FOP State Lodge #37 said Gray was a “leader on his midnight squad, and always provided a calm and level-headed approach to any situation.”
Until 2015, Gray served in the US Army Special Forces as a Green Beret, and toured in Iraq and the Philippines, said a PSP colleague on crowdfunding platform FundTheFirst.com .
The crowdfunding efforts, which organizers said will benefit Grays’ wife and daughter, have raised over $100,000 combined.
He had earned a degree in criminal justice from Pennsylvania State University, and enjoyed golfing, basketball, working out, and spending time with family, loved ones said in his obituary .