William A. Miscannon

Toledo Police Dept. — Toledo, OH

Felonious

End of Watch September 18, 1970

Age 33

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Badge 393

The Vigil Panel 107 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 31

Incident

Patrolman William Miscannon was shot and killed while sitting in his marked patrol car at the intersection of Dorr Street and Junction Avenue, outside the headquarters building for the Black Panthers, during race riots. A vehicle pulled up behind Patrolman Miscannon's patrol car, and one of the occupants walked up and shot him at point-blank range. The suspect was charged with Patrolman Miscannon's murder but acquitted after two hung juries. Patrolman Miscannon had served with the Toledo Police Department for 3 years. He was survived by his wife and four young children. The Black Panther Party was a black nationalist and Marxist revolutionary political and militant organization active in the United States between 1966 and 1982. Members and former members of the group were responsible for the murders of over 20 law enforcement officers and the wounding of dozens more across the nation. Please click here to visit all the law enforcement officers who have died as a result of the Black Panther Party's violent activism.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four young children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Miscannon gave the Toledo Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Toledo community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Miscannon.

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

Agency

Department Toledo Police Dept.

Location Toledo, OH

Platform Identity tpd.lucas.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 18, 1970

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 33

Badge Number 393

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Acquitted

Patrolman William A. Miscannon 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 OH, 572 of 991 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.7% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Toledo Police Dept., 25 of 32 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 78.1% of this agency's fallen.

Toledo Police Dept.

of 32 officers

78.1% Felonious

OH — Statewide

572

of 991 officers

57.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious