Roll of Honor
Incident
Trooper Kenyon Lassiter was struck and killed by a hit and run driver on Route 331, approximately eight miles north of Opp. Trooper Lassiter was standing next to his patrol car writing a warning to a driver he had just stopped when another vehicle crossed over the double yellow lines, struck the vehicle that Trooper Lassiter had stopped, and then struck and killed Trooper Lassiter. The driver fled but was later apprehended and convicted of second-degree manslaughter. He was released after serving only six months of his one year sentence. In an odd twist of fate, several months earlier Trooper Lassiter had saved the life of the driver who killed him when he was involved in an automobile accident. Trooper Lassiter was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and had served with the Alabama Department of Public Safety for 18 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two daughters.
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- 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.
Trooper Lassiter gave the Alabama Department of Public Safety 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Alabama, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Kenyon M. Lassiter served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
Trooper Kenyon M. Lassiter 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 97,756 officers honored here.
In AL, 405 of 643 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63% of this state's fallen. That is 63 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Alabama Department of Public Safety, 7 of 29 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 24.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kenyon M. Lassiter's cause is highlighted.
How Kenyon M. Lassiter Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Kenyon M. Lassiter is highlighted in Apr.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Kenyon M. Lassiter was killed by automobile.
Incident Location
Military Service
Kenyon M. Lassiter served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.
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