Ronald W. Moore

Tennessee Department of Correction — Nashville, TN

Felonious

End of Watch August 29, 1981

Age 21

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Gender Male

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Incident

Correctional Officer Ronald Moore was stabbed to death by an inmate at the Turney Center Industrial Prison and Farm. The inmate attacked Officer Moore and stabbed him 17 times. The 21-year-old suspect was sentenced to death but later had the sentence overturned. The suspect was tried a second time in October 2003 and again sentenced to death. On June 3, 2008, his sentence was commuted to life. He has a parole hearing in September of 2023.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer Moore served with the Tennessee Department of Correction.
Thank you for your service to the Nashville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Moore.

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

Agency

Department Tennessee Department of Correction

Location Nashville, TN

Platform Identity tdc.davidson.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 29, 1981

Age 21

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Edged weapon; Shank

Offender Sentenced commuted to life

Correctional Officer Ronald W. Moore 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 TN, 498 of 769 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 64.8% of this state's fallen. That is 10.6 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Tennessee Department of Correction, 11 of 14 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 78.6% of this agency's fallen.

Tennessee Department of Correction

of 14 officers

78.6% Felonious

TN — Statewide

498

of 769 officers

64.8% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious