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Officer

Stephen Acheson Williams

Metropolitan Police Department — Washington, DC

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch July 2, 1968

Age 22

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Badge 1827

The Vigil Panel 104 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 130

Incident

Officer Stephen Williams was shot and killed while attempting to intervene in a fight between a father and son at the intersection of 14th Street and Columbia Road, NW. Officer Williams had one handcuff on the son when he began resisting. As the officers struggled with him, the father came to the son's aid. Both officers were disarmed during the ensuing struggle. The son shot and wounded Officer Williams and his partner. The father then fired two additional rounds into Officer Williams' prone body. The son was found not guilty by reason of insanity. The father plead guilty to second-degree murder and sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. The mother was also convicted of charges related to the shooting and placed on probation. Officer Williams was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for one year.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother.

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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.
Officer Williams gave the Metropolitan Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Washington 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 Metropolitan Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Washington, DC

Platform Identity mpdc.dc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 2, 1968

Tour of Duty 1 yrs

Age 22

Badge Number 1827

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Officer's handgun

Military Service

Stephen Acheson Williams served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Stephen Acheson Williams 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 DC, 754 of 1,419 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.1% of this state's fallen. That is 53.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Metropolitan Police Department, 70 of 131 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.4% of this agency's fallen.

Metropolitan Police Department

of 131 officers

53.4% Felonious

DC — Statewide

754

of 1,419 officers

53.1% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious