Frankie Lee Lingard

South Carolina Highway Patrol — Blythewood, SC

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch December 31, 1997

Age 39

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 51

Incident

Sergeant Frankie Lingard was shot and killed by a man who he had pulled over for speeding after the vehicle passed his cruiser at approximately 80 mph on I-95 near Santee, South Carolina. As Sergeant Lingard was approaching the vehicle on the driver's side, the subject shot him and then sped away. Another officer pulled the vehicle over a short time later, and a woman and two children jumped out. After a chase that went through three counties, the driver crashed his vehicle and was apprehended. Both adults were charged with murder. The male subject was sentenced to death. Sergeant Lingard was not wearing his vest at the time. All four shots struck him in the chest and back. Sergeant Lingard was a United States Army veteran and had served with the South Carolina Highway Patrol for 15 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and four children.

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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.
First Sergeant Lingard gave the South Carolina Highway Patrol 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of South Carolina, 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 South Carolina Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Blythewood, SC

Platform Identity schp.sc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 31, 1997

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

Age 39

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Frankie Lee Lingard served in the U.S. Army (1976â1979) before joining law enforcement.

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First Sergeant Frankie Lee Lingard 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 97,759 officers honored here.

In SC, 271 of 440 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.6% of this state's fallen. That is 61.6 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At South Carolina Highway Patrol, 20 of 52 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 38.5% of this agency's fallen.

South Carolina Highway Patrol

of 52 officers

38.5% Felonious

SC — Statewide

271

of 440 officers

61.6% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious