Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Kevin Kight was shot and killed while making a traffic stop at approximately 10:30 p.m. at the intersection of Beckrich and Front Beach Roads in Panama City.
Sergeant Kight stopped the subject's car, and when he checked his driver's license, he discovered the license was invalid. As Sergeant Kight attempted to make an arrest, the suspect pulled out a handgun and opened fire, killing him.
The killer, who had violated his parole from Wisconsin, fled the scene but was apprehended nine hours later. The man was convicted of first-degree murder and resisting an officer with violence. He was sentenced to death on April 11, 2007. Due to changes in the death penalty laws, the suspect's sentencing phase was retried, and a jury recommended the death sentence again in 2024.
Sergeant Kight had served with the Panama City Beach Police Department for 6 years and had previously served with the German Township, Ohio, Police Department for 4 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and 4-year-old son.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Kight gave the Panama City Beach Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Panama City Beach community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Kight.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Kevin Scott Kight 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%.
National Cause Distribution
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When Felonious Deaths Occur
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Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Kevin Scott Kight was killed by gun; unknown type.
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