Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer William Sherrod was killed when he was struck by a derailing streetcar at the intersection of Granby Street and City Hall Avenue. He was on duty at the intersection and standing between two sets of streetcar tracks. As the Willoughby Express streetcar approached the automatic switch failed, causing the streetcar's rear car to switch to the other track as the lead car remained on the main track. Officer Sherrod was facing away from the oncoming streetcar and was fatally struck. Officer Sherrod had served with the Norfolk Police Department for one year.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and one child.
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Officer Sherrod gave the Norfolk Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Norfolk community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Sherrod.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Officer William Louis Sherrod is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In VA, 204 of 656 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 31.1% of this state's fallen. That is 31.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Norfolk Police Department, 17 of 39 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 43.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William Louis Sherrod's cause is highlighted.
How William Louis Sherrod Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. William Louis Sherrod is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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