Floyd Alexander Knight
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Officer

Floyd Alexander Knight

Dallas Police Department — Dallas, TX
Felonious
End of Watch December 8, 1968
Age 23
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Badge 2278
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Floyd Knight was shot and killed while on a stakeout of a 7/11 at 810 North Edgefield Avenue in Dallas. At approximately 10:15 pm., a suspect entered and robbed the store at gunpoint. He forced the clerk into a storeroom and then shot Officer Knight in the head, killing him. The suspect fled with $98. Four days later during a routine traffic stop a passenger in the car was arrested for an unpaid traffic citation. Then it was learned the car was stolen. The store clerk identified the man as the killer. On September 23, 1969, the suspect, 38, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. His sentence was commuted to life in 1972. Officer Knight had been with the Dallas Police Department for two years. He was survived by his expectant wife and daughter. His son was born a few days after he died.

Survivors

He was survived by his expectant wife and daughter.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Knight gave the Dallas Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Knight.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Dallas, Collin County, TX
Platform Identity dpd.dallas.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 8, 1968
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 23
Badge Number 2278
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Floyd is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1968, 91 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 62nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Floyd was 23. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Floyd had served 2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Sundays: 15.2%.

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By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

Dallas Police Department has 95 officers remembered here, Floyd among them.

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Where

Officer Floyd Alexander Knight

Dallas Police Department · End of Watch December 8, 1968

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 25-W

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