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Police Officer

Roy Gene Turner Jr.

Fayetteville Police Department — Fayetteville, NC

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch November 30, 2001

Age 32

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

The Vigil Panel 149 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 9

Incident

Police Officer Roy Turner was shot and killed at the intersection of Moore Street and Hillsboro Street while on patrol at approximately 9 p.m.

Officer Turner was a member of the Neighborhood Improvement Team and was patrolling a violent, crime-intensive area when he was shot.

The killer was sentenced to death for Officer Turner's murder on Oct. 22, 2002. On December 13, 2012, the killer's death sentence was commuted to life. However, in January 2017, the death sentence was reinstated. On September 26, 2020, because racial bias was said to be a significant factor in his death sentence, his death sentence was again commuted to life.

Officer Turner was a United States Army Persian War veteran and had served with the Fayetteville Police Department for five years.

Survivors

He is survived by his son, parents, and brother.

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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 Turner gave the Fayetteville Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Fayetteville community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Fayetteville Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC

Platform Identity fpd.cumberland.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 30, 2001

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Roy Gene Turner Jr. served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Roy Gene Turner Jr. 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 NC, 385 of 664 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 58% of this state's fallen. That is 58 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Fayetteville Police Department, 7 of 10 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 70% of this agency's fallen.

Fayetteville Police Department

of 10 officers

70% Felonious

NC — Statewide

385

of 664 officers

58% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious