David Wayne Lupton, Sr.

Shreveport Police Dept. — Shreveport, LA

Felonious

End of Watch July 7, 1989

Age 32

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Badge 887

The Vigil Panel 134 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 29

Incident

Corporal David Lupton was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by a man who intended to murder a law enforcement officer and then commit suicide on I-20 between Monkhouse Drive and Jewella Avenue in Shreveport. Corporal Lupton and other officers were searching a vehicle for narcotics on I-20 at 11:50 pm. A driver was speeding in the right lane when he swerved into the left lane, back into the right lane, back to the left lane, and sped into the shoulder where cars were parked. He sideswiped two police cars, knocked a van into a ditch, and struck Corporal Lupton, who was standing next to his patrol car. Corporal Lupton was transported to Willis-Knight Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries. The subject later committed suicide in jail. Officer Lupton had been with the Shreveport Police Department for over ten years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal Lupton gave the Shreveport Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Shreveport community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Lupton.

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

Agency

Department Shreveport Police Dept.

Location Shreveport, LA

Platform Identity spd.caddo.la.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 7, 1989

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 32

Badge Number 887

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Automobile

Offender Committed suicide

Corporal David Wayne Lupton, Sr. is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In LA, 364 of 595 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Shreveport Police Dept., 24 of 30 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 80% of this agency's fallen.

Shreveport Police Dept.

of 30 officers

80% Felonious

LA — Statewide

364

of 595 officers

61.2% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious