Michael Mordecai Vickers

Winston-Salem Police Dept. — Winston-Salem, NC

Felonious

End of Watch May 19, 1895

Age 41

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Gender Male

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Incident

Patrolman Michael Vickers was shot and killed by a man during an altercation on a street while he was on patrol. The altercation started when the suspect was asked by his partner to move off the sidewalk to let a woman pass. The man was also angry because another officer had just been acquitted of the death of his brother a year earlier. A fight followed when Patrolman Vickers' partner removed the man from the sidewalk. The officer tried to search him for a pistol but the suspect resisted. The suspect swung at Patrolman and knocked him to the ground before being knocked down by the other officer. When the suspect rose, he came up with a pistol in hand and shot Patrolman Vickers in the neck and stomach. Patrolman Vickers died the next day. The subject was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 25 years.

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131 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Vickers served with the Winston-Salem Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Winston-Salem community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Winston-Salem Police Dept.

Location Winston-Salem, NC

Platform Identity wpd.forsyth.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 19, 1895

Age 41

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Offender Sentenced to 25 years

Patrolman Michael Mordecai Vickers 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 NC, 385 of 664 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 58% of this state's fallen. That is 3.8 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Winston-Salem Police Dept., 10 of 19 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 52.6% of this agency's fallen.

Winston-Salem Police Dept.

of 19 officers

52.6% Felonious

NC — Statewide

385

of 664 officers

58% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious