Winfred Sylvester Hunter
Agency patch
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
The Vigil Panel 136 ›
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.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
neuraspine_01krbxtq78c7z2m5xpss6kf3d0
Stewardship
Maintained by NeuraWeb Global Inc.
Added to badge.nw
August 2, 2026
Last updated
August 2, 2026

Honored here by 1 tribute.

Are you family? This record can be claimed and maintained by those who knew Winfred. Claim this record.

This page is permanent and free. No fee to view it, no advertising, no tracking, and no account required. It will not be taken down.

Tributes

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

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Winfred 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.

  1. See the roll
  2. See the roll
Compare against
I

Time

In 1990, 88 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 71st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

Winfred 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. Winfred had served 19 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
III

When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

By month
By day of the week
IV

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
Weapons recorded
V

His people

Philadelphia Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Winfred among them.

Across the years
VI

Where

Police Officer Winfred Sylvester Hunter

Philadelphia Police Department · End of Watch June 4, 1990

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 35-W

↑