Amos Cross

Police Officer Amos Cross was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance on North D Street in Pensacola around 7:00 p.m. He was shot in the face with a shotgun by a 19-year-old man as he approached the door. The suspect exchanged gunfire with other officers who shot and wounded him and then took him into custody. One officer was shot in the wrist and leg by the suspect. When officers went into the backyard, they found his father lying on the ground, dead from a shotgun blast fired by his son. The suspect was declared insane and sent to a mental institution. In 1983, he was deemed sane. A year later, he was convicted of two counts of murder and sentenced to two life terms to be served consecutively. He will be eligible for parole in 2033. As of November 25, 2020, he was in prison. Officer Cross was a United States Air Force Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Pensacola Police Department for 17 months.

He was survived by his wife and three children.