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Patrolman

Mitchell L. Nutter

Orlando Police Department — Orlando, FL

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch February 10, 1968

Age 26

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Badge 95

The Vigil Panel 103 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 15

Incident

Patrolman Mitchell Nutter was shot and killed when he responded to an armed robbery call at a local service station at 420 W. Central Boulevard. When he pulled into the parking lot, he was immediately shot in the eye by the suspect. The man then stole another car but was apprehended after wrecking it, and a second car he stole while fleeing police. The 25-year-old suspect was wanted in Patterson, New Jersey, for the armed robbery of a tavern eight months earlier. He said he wanted to kill cops because one had killed a member of his family. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison. Patrolman Nutter was a United States Air Force veteran and had served with the Orlando Police Department for five years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two daughters.

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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.
Patrolman Nutter gave the Orlando Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Orlando 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 Orlando Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Orlando, Orange County, FL

Platform Identity opd.orange.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 10, 1968

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 26

Badge Number 95

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Mitchell L. Nutter served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Mitchell L. Nutter 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 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%.

At Orlando Police Department, 10 of 16 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 62.5% of this agency's fallen.

Orlando Police Department

of 16 officers

62.5% Felonious

FL — Statewide

539

of 1,008 officers

53.5% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious