Willie Donald Cameron
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Sergeant

Willie Donald Cameron

Atlanta Police Department — Atlanta, GA
Felonious
End of Watch February 6, 1987
Age 39
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Willie Cameron was shot and killed while moonlighting as a security guard at a department store in West End Mall. Sergeant Cameron had asked a man to leave the store, but the suspect pulled out a handgun and shot him in the face. The suspect was shot and killed minutes later by other officers.

Survivors

Sergeant Cameron was survived by his wife and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Cameron served with the Atlanta Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Atlanta community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Cameron.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Atlanta, Fulton County, GA
Platform Identity apd.fulton.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 6, 1987
Age 39
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

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

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1987, 97 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 55th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Willie was 39. 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.

Age at death
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When

February holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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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.

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His people

Atlanta Police Department has 88 officers remembered here, Willie among them.

Across the years

Sergeant Willie Donald Cameron

Atlanta Police Department · End of Watch February 6, 1987

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 53-W

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