Winfred Sylvester Hunter
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Police Officer

Winfred Sylvester Hunter

Philadelphia Police Department — Philadelphia, PA
Felonious
End of Watch June 4, 1990
Age 39
Tour of Duty 19 yrs
Badge 9536
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Gender Male

Incident

On behalf of the Hunter Rodríguez family, my brother Matthew Williams Hunter, and my nieces and nephews and my cousin Marie Hunter and her family and Myself and my three sons, We would like to thank you all for your kind words and the beautiful messages and memories on the wall . We are short one, my brother Gamil Winfred Ashley Hunter as he is no longer with us. I see how much he meant to you all, but he was so much more to me. I was his only daughter and the oldest of Matthew and Gamil. The three of us loved our dad and we live with that emptiness.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Hunter gave the Philadelphia Police Department 19 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Hunter.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Platform Identity ppd.philadelphia.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 4, 1990
Tour of Duty 19 yrs
Age 39
Badge Number 9536
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

Police Officer Winfred Sylvester Hunter is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In PA, 597 of 1,261 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.3% of this state's fallen. That is 47.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Philadelphia Police Department, 162 of 378 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.

Philadelphia Police Department
162
of 378 officers
42.9% Felonious
PA — Statewide
597
of 1,261 officers
47.3% Felonious
Nationwide
1
of 97,756 officers
0% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Winfred Sylvester Hunter's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Winfred Sylvester Hunter Compares

Age at Death
39
This officer
Avg for Felonious: 39.0 years
Years of Service
19
This officer
Avg for Felonious: 8.4 years

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Winfred Sylvester Hunter is highlighted in Jun.

Jan
1,392
Feb
1,295
Mar
1,373
Apr
1,516
May
1,504
Jun
1,442
Jul
1,587
Aug
1,517
Sep
1,491
Oct
1,371
Nov
1,447
Dec
1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Winfred Sylvester Hunter was killed by gun.

Handgun
3,684
Gun
3,592
Gun; Unknown type
1,492
Shotgun
1,109
Rifle
935
Officer's handgun
909

Incident Location