Lloyd W. Worthy

Little Rock Police Department — Little Rock, AR

Felonious Veteran →

End of Watch September 2, 1967

Age 27

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 22

Incident

Police Officer Lloyd Worthy was shot and killed while investigating suspicious activity. He had been sent to a call, but stopped to investigate a vehicle on the way. He had made a radio call about the vehicle but was not heard from again. After chasing a man behind a house he was shot. He was able to make it back to the street where he collapsed. Several passersby offered aide and called for assistance. The suspect, 54, was apprehended in Little Rock three weeks later and sentenced to life on December 18, 1967. He died in prison in 1984. Officer Worthy was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and had served with the Little Rock Police Department for two years.

Survivors

He was survived by his son.

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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 Worthy gave the Little Rock Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Little Rock 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 Little Rock Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR

Platform Identity lrpd.pulaski.ar.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 2, 1967

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 27

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Lloyd W. Worthy served in the U.S. Navy before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Lloyd W. Worthy is one of 17,559 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 53.9% of all 32,588 officers honored here.

In AR, 249 of 372 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.9% of this state's fallen. That is 13 percentage points above the national rate of 53.9%.

At Little Rock Police Department, 19 of 23 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 82.6% of this agency's fallen.

Little Rock Police Department

of 23 officers

82.6% Felonious

AR — Statewide

249

of 372 officers

66.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,559

of 32,588 officers

53.9% Felonious