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Officer

Cled Neal Wingo

Atlanta Police Department — Atlanta, GA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch July 23, 1975

Age 60

Tour of Duty 32 yrs 3 mo

Badge 782

The Vigil Panel 116 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 87

Incident

Officer Cled Wingo was shot and killed by a mentally ill person at 1933 Kilburn Drive, NE. He had gone to the home to have the subject committed at the suspects' parents' request. The subject was able to disarm Officer Wingo and then fatally shot him, and his own parents, before fleeing the home. He was apprehended a short time later roaming the streets. Officer Wingo had served with the Atlanta Police Department for 32 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and three children.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

32 years. You could have gone home.
Officer Wingo gave the Atlanta Police Department 32 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Atlanta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Wingo.

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

Agency

Department Atlanta Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Platform Identity apd.fulton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 23, 1975

Tour of Duty 32 yrs 3 mo

Age 60

Badge Number 782

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Officer's handgun

Military Service

Cled Neal Wingo served in the the United States military (1944â1946) before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Cled Neal Wingo 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 GA, 549 of 905 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.7% of this state's fallen. That is 60.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Atlanta Police Department, 58 of 88 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 65.9% of this agency's fallen.

Atlanta Police Department

of 88 officers

65.9% Felonious

GA — Statewide

549

of 905 officers

60.7% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious