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Officer

Clinton Murphy Hyde

Mount Dora Police Department — Mount Dora, FL

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch December 5, 1959

Age 58

Tour of Duty 24 yrs 6 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Officer Clinton Hyde was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance call. The suspect who was fighting with his wife was shot and killed by another officer. The exact date in December 1959 that he was murdered is unknown. Officer Hyde was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII. He had served Mount Dora Police Department for 2-1/2 years after having retired from the Baltimore, Maryland, Police Department after 22 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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Last updated: July 23, 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 Hyde gave the Mount Dora Police Department 24 years.
Thank you for your service to the Mount Dora 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 Mount Dora Police Department

Location Mount Dora, FL

Platform Identity mdpd.lake.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 5, 1959

Tour of Duty 24 yrs 6 mo

Age 58

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun; 12 gauge

Offender Shot and killed

Military Service

Clinton Murphy Hyde served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Officer Clinton Murphy Hyde is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In FL, 539 of 1,008 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.5% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

Mount Dora Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Felonious

FL — Statewide

539

of 1,008 officers

53.5% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Clinton Murphy Hyde's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Clinton Murphy Hyde Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Felonious: 39.0 years

Years of Service

24.5

This officer

Avg for Felonious: 8.5 years

Offender Outcome

Shot and killed

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Clinton Murphy Hyde is highlighted in Dec.

Jan

1,392

Feb

1,295

Mar

1,373

Apr

1,517

May

1,505

Jun

1,443

Jul

1,587

Aug

1,516

Sep

1,553

Oct

1,371

Nov

1,447

Dec

1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Clinton Murphy Hyde was killed by shotgun; 12 gauge.

Gun; Unknown type

5,083

Handgun

2,077

Shotgun

922

Officer's handgun

909

Automobile; Alcohol involved

530

Rifle

518