Ernest Loyd Wilson
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Detective

Ernest Loyd Wilson

Atlanta Police Department — Atlanta, GA
Felonious
End of Watch April 27, 1976
Age 38
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Gender Male

Incident

Detective Wilson was shot and killed during a robbery on Lee Street, SW. The suspect was arrested and sentenced to life in prison.

Survivors

Detective Wilson was survived by his son and daughter.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Wilson served with the Atlanta Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Atlanta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Wilson.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Atlanta, Fulton County, GA
Platform Identity apd.fulton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 27, 1976
Age 38
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Ernest is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1976, 137 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 30th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Ernest was 38. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

April holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

Atlanta Police Department has 88 officers remembered here, Ernest among them.

Across the years

Detective Ernest Loyd Wilson

Atlanta Police Department · End of Watch April 27, 1976

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 14-E

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