Clay Hoover

Inkster Police Department — Inkster, MI

Felonious

End of Watch July 9, 1987

Age 24

Tour of Duty 4 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Patrol Officer Clay Hoover, Sergeant Ira Parker, and Officer Daniel Dubiel were shot and killed while attempting to serve a warrant for a bad check from a rental car agency on a 68-year-old woman and her three sons at a motel at 28525 Michigan Avenue. Officer Dubiel and Officer Hoover entered the room first and were asked to help one of the sons who had recently had kidney dialysis treatment. Officer Dubiel then called Sergeant Parker to bring a summons instead of arresting the individuals, and the officers waited with the suspects. When Sergeant Parker arrived in the room, the suspects opened fire, killing the officers instantly. Before their arrest, the suspects held officers at bay during a ten-hour standoff as hundreds of rounds were fired from their room. All four suspects were sentenced to three life terms in prison for their role in the murders. The mother died in prison on June 12, 2011. One of her sons died in prison in 1996. Officer Hoover had served with the Inkster Police Department for four months.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents, brother, and fiancé.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrol Officer Hoover served with the Inkster Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Inkster community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrol Officer Hoover.

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

Agency

Department Inkster Police Department

Location Inkster, MI

Platform Identity ipd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 9, 1987

Tour of Duty 4 mo

Age 24

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Sentenced to life

Patrol Officer Clay Hoover 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 MI, 426 of 718 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59.3% of this state's fallen. That is 5.1 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Inkster Police Department, 4 of 4 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Inkster Police Department

of 4 officers

100% Felonious

MI — Statewide

426

of 718 officers

59.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious