Police Officer

Avery M. Hudson

Flint Police Department — Flint, MI
Felonious
End of Watch June 28, 1923
Age 24
Tour of Duty 1 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Avery Hudson was shot and killed while attempting to make a traffic stop. When the driver refused to stop, Officer Hudson pulled his motorcycle alongside the car and jumped onto the running board. As he did so, the driver of the vehicle produced a gun and shot Officer Hudson three times. A witness got his license plate number. The 25-year-old ex-convict had robbed a drug store in Saginaw and was on his way back to his room at a boarding house in Flint when he shot Officer Hudson. As soon as the suspect arrived back in Flint, two officers who went to his room were met with gunfire. One officer was wounded as they returned fire, mortally wounding the suspect. He died in a hospital two weeks later. Officer Hudson had served with the Flint Police Department for only one month. He was survived by his 3-year-old daughter, parents, and three sisters. He is buried at Rowlett Creek Cemetery in Plano, Collin County, Texas.

Survivors

He was survived by his 3-year-old daughter, parents, and three sisters.

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

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

Agency

Type Other
Location Flint, Genesee County, MI
Platform Identity fpd.genesee.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 28, 1923
Tour of Duty 1 mo
Age 24
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Avery 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 1923, 199 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 14th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Avery was 24. 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. Avery had served 0.1 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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

Flint Police Department has 13 officers remembered here, Avery among them.

Police Officer Avery M. Hudson

Flint Police Department · End of Watch June 28, 1923

Where the Name Is Cut

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