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Police Officer

Amos Cross

Pensacola Police Department — Pensacola, FL

Veteran → Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch September 12, 1980

Age 39

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 5 mo

Badge 174

The Vigil Panel 123 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 14

Incident

Police Officer Amos Cross was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance on North D Street in Pensacola around 7:00 p.m. He was shot in the face with a shotgun by a 19-year-old man as he approached the door. The suspect exchanged gunfire with other officers who shot and wounded him and then took him into custody. One officer was shot in the wrist and leg by the suspect. When officers went into the backyard, they found his father lying on the ground, dead from a shotgun blast fired by his son. The suspect was declared insane and sent to a mental institution. In 1983, he was deemed sane. A year later, he was convicted of two counts of murder and sentenced to two life terms to be served consecutively. He will be eligible for parole in 2033. As of November 25, 2020, he was in prison. Officer Cross was a United States Air Force Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Pensacola Police Department for 17 months.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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 Cross gave the Pensacola Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Pensacola 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 Pensacola Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Platform Identity ppd.escambia.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 12, 1980

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 5 mo

Age 39

Badge Number 174

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Military Service

Amos Cross served in the U.S. Air Force (1958â1978) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Amos Cross is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In FL, 539 of 1,008 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.5% of this state's fallen. That is 53.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Pensacola Police Department, 8 of 15 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.3% of this agency's fallen.

Pensacola Police Department

of 15 officers

53.3% Felonious

FL — Statewide

539

of 1,008 officers

53.5% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious