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Police Officer

Gerald A. Morrison

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch March 11, 1974

Age 34

Tour of Duty 2 yrs 3 mo

Badge 2207

The Vigil Panel 113 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 249

Incident

Police Officer Gerald Morrison was attacked and then shot while he and his partner checked on a suspicious person at the Blue Flame Lounge at 17199 Dequindre Street. The bar was known for gambling, drugs, and serving after hours. The officers thought they saw a man who had been wanted in a previous robbery enter the establishment and followed. Officer Morrison was in plain clothes, and as he walked into the bar, he was struck from behind with a chair. When he was knocked to the ground, Officer Morrison was shot by the bar owner, who said he mistook the officers for robbers. Officer Morrison was then struck with the chair several more times. The bar owner was shot and killed by Officer Morrison's partner. The suspect that the officers had initially sought escaped in the confusion. Officer Morrison, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, had served with the Detroit Police Department for nearly two and a half years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, three children, and parents.

In Our Keeping

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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 Morrison gave the Detroit Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit 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 Detroit Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 11, 1974

Tour of Duty 2 yrs 3 mo

Age 34

Badge Number 2207

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

Gerald A. Morrison served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1958â1962) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Gerald A. Morrison 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 MI, 426 of 718 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59.3% of this state's fallen. That is 59.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Detroit Police Department, 177 of 250 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 70.8% of this agency's fallen.

Detroit Police Department

177

of 250 officers

70.8% Felonious

MI — Statewide

426

of 718 officers

59.3% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious