Lloyd Edward Lowry

North Carolina Highway Patrol — Raleigh, NC

Felonious

End of Watch September 23, 1997

Age 47

Tour of Duty 22 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 68

Incident

Sergeant Lloyd Lowry and Corporal David Hathcock, of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, were shot and killed during a traffic stop that Sergeant Lowry had initiated. Sergeant Lowry had stopped a car on I-95, at Exit 52 in Fayetteville, and called for backup after discovering that it was stolen. Corporal Hathcock arrived and took the passenger out of the car as Sergeant Lowry took the driver out. As they attempted to handcuff the two suspects, a fight broke out, and the passenger was able to return to the vehicle and retrieve a fully automatic AK-47. He opened fire on both officers, striking them several times. The driver then took Sergeant Lowry's weapon and shot both officers several more times at close range before fleeing. A passing motorist who witnessed the incident called police from a cell phone and followed the suspects, even after being fired upon, until other officers began a chase. Both suspects were arrested after a brief foot chase when their vehicle spun out of control as they attempted to exit the highway. The two suspects were brothers, 17 and 19, from Virginia who had just robbed a bank in South Carolina. On April 29th, 1998, both brothers were convicted of two counts of capital murder, armed robbery, possession of a stolen car, shooting into an occupied vehicle, and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. On May 13th, 1998, they were both sentenced to death. One had his sentence reduced to life in prison in 2005 when the United States Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to execute convicted murderers who committed their crimes as juveniles. On December 13th, 2012, the older brother's death sentence was commuted to life; however, the death sentence was reimposed in January 2017. On September 26, 2020, because it was determined that racial bias was a significant factor in his death sentence, his death sentence was again commuted to life. As of June 9, 2023, both were in prison. Trooper Lowry had served with the North Carol

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22 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Lowry gave the North Carolina Highway Patrol 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of North Carolina. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Lowry.

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

Agency

Department North Carolina Highway Patrol

Location Raleigh, NC

Platform Identity nchp.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 23, 1997

Tour of Duty 22 yrs

Age 47

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Rifle; AK-47

Offender traffic stop

Sergeant Lloyd Edward Lowry 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 North Carolina Highway Patrol, 23 of 69 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

North Carolina Highway Patrol

of 69 officers

33.3% Felonious

NC — Statewide

385

of 664 officers

58% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious