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Corporal

David Wayne Lupton Sr.

Shreveport Police Department — Shreveport, LA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch July 7, 1989

Age 32

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Badge 887

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Gender Male

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Incident

Corporal David Lupton was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by a man who intended to murder a law enforcement officer and then commit suicide on I-20 between Monkhouse Drive and Jewella Avenue in Shreveport. Corporal Lupton and other officers were searching a vehicle for narcotics on I-20 at 11:50 pm. A driver was speeding in the right lane when he swerved into the left lane, back into the right lane, back to the left lane, and sped into the shoulder where cars were parked. He sideswiped two police cars, knocked a van into a ditch, and struck Corporal Lupton, who was standing next to his patrol car. Corporal Lupton was transported to Willis-Knight Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries. The subject later committed suicide in jail. Officer Lupton had been with the Shreveport Police Department for over ten years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal Lupton gave the Shreveport Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Shreveport community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Lupton.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Shreveport Police Department

Type Other

Location Shreveport, Bossier Parish, LA

Platform Identity spd.caddo.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 7, 1989

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 32

Badge Number 887

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Automobile

Military Service

David Wayne Lupton Sr. served in the U.S. Army (1975â1975) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

David is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

Compare against

Time

In 1989, 97 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 55th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

David was 32. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. David had served 10 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death

Where he stood among them

Age by years of service

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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

By month

By day of the week

How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was automobile, in 4.9% of these deaths.

Every cause

Weapons recorded