Roll of Honor
Incident
At approximately 2:00 a.m. on July 18, 2008, Police Officer Andrew Widman and other officers responded to a domestic dispute outside a restaurant on Main Street, between Broadway and Hendry Street in downtown Fort Myers. As the officers moved in to break up the fight, the male subject drew a 9mm handgun and opened fire, striking Officer Widman in the face. The subject fled on foot and continued firing at a pursuing officer, who returned fire and killed him. Officer Widman had served with the Fort Myers Police Department for just over a year. He came to policing after serving as a missionary.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and three children.
In Our Keeping
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- August 2, 2026
- Last updated
- August 2, 2026
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He was ours. Fort Myers, one bridge from my door - the same streets, the same downtown, the same two in the morning.
Andrew Widman had been a police officer for barely a year. Before the badge he was a missionary; he simply went from one kind of service to another. He left a wife and three children, and he answered a call that was somebody else's emergency.
This platform exists so a name like his is never left to whatever server happens to still be running twenty years from now. He will be here. Permanently, freely, with no one sold anything to see him.
Rest easy, Officer Widman. We have the watch.
— S. Vincent Anthony, Founder, NeuraWeb Global Inc., U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Andrew Allen Widman 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 Fort Myers Police Department, 3 of 6 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Andrew Allen Widman's cause is highlighted.
How Andrew Allen Widman Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Andrew Allen Widman is highlighted in Jul.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Andrew Allen Widman was killed by handgun; 9 mm.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
5 officers from Fort Myers Police Department are honored on badge.nw.
