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Police Officer

Gerald Allen Morrison

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch March 11, 1974

Age 34

Tour of Duty 2 yrs 3 mo

Badge 2207

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Gender Male

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Incident

Police Officer Gerald Morrison was attacked and then shot while he and his partner checked on a suspicious person at the Blue Flame Lounge at 17199 Dequindre Street. The bar was known for gambling, drugs, and serving after hours. The officers thought they saw a man who had been wanted in a previous robbery enter the establishment and followed. Officer Morrison was in plain clothes, and as he walked into the bar, he was struck from behind with a chair. When he was knocked to the ground, Officer Morrison was shot by the bar owner, who said he mistook the officers for robbers. Officer Morrison was then struck with the chair several more times. The bar owner was shot and killed by Officer Morrison's partner. The suspect that the officers had initially sought escaped in the confusion. Officer Morrison, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, had served with the Detroit Police Department for nearly two and a half years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, three children, and parents.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Morrison gave the Detroit Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Detroit Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 11, 1974

Tour of Duty 2 yrs 3 mo

Age 34

Badge Number 2207

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

Gerald Allen Morrison served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1958â1962) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Gerald 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 1974, 162 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 22nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Gerald was 34. 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. Gerald had served 2.2 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

March holds 7.5% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause

Weapons recorded