Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Wilson was accidentally shot and killed inside the station house when another officer dropped a .45 caliber pistol, which discharged. The round entered Sergeant Wilson's leg and traveled into his abdomen. His leg had to be amputated and he succumbed to his wounds several hours later. Sergeant Wilson had been with the agency for four years. His wife gave birth to their sixth child the following day.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
132 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sergeant Wilson gave the Salt Lake City Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Salt Lake City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Alonzo M. Wilson is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In UT, 49 of 138 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 35.5% of this state's fallen. That is 4.5 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Salt Lake City Police Department, 9 of 23 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Alonzo M. Wilson's cause is highlighted.
How Alonzo M. Wilson Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Alonzo M. Wilson is highlighted in Apr.
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