Wyley Hart Shepherd Sr.

Atlanta Police Department — Atlanta, GA

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch January 14, 1994

Age 56

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

The Vigil Panel 140 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 87

Incident

Police Officer Wyley Shepherd died from injuries sustained 31 years earlier in a motorcycle crash at the intersection of Campbellton Road and Pinehurst Drive when another car ran a stop sign. He had remained in a coma from the time of the crash until the time of his death. Officer Shepherd had served with the Atlanta Police Department for three years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and son.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Shepherd gave the Atlanta Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Atlanta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Shepherd.

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

Agency

Department Atlanta Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Platform Identity apd.fulton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 14, 1994

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 56

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Wyley Hart Shepherd Sr. served in the U.S. Navy (1955â1958) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Wyley Hart Shepherd Sr. 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 GA, 264 of 905 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 29.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Atlanta Police Department, 29 of 88 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33% of this agency's fallen.

Atlanta Police Department

of 88 officers

33% Accident

GA — Statewide

264

of 905 officers

29.2% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Accident