Montgomery Police Department, Alabama
End of Watch: Wednesday, September 24, 1997
Age: 30
Tour of Duty: 8 years
Badge Number: 334
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: September 24, 1997
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Executed in 2017
Corporal Anderson Gordon was shot and killed after being ambushed.
A bail bondsman was chasing a bail jumper when the man's car crashed at the intersection of Rosa Parks Avenue and National Avenue. Corporal Gordon was driving by the scene, not knowing what was happening, when the subject opened fire on his patrol car without warning. Corporal Gordon was fatally wounded before executing his vehicle.
The man then hid nearby and shot at other responding officers before being wounded and taken into custody. The man was convicted of Corporal Gordon's murder and sentenced to death. He was executed by lethal injection on October 19th, 2017.
Corporal Gordon had served with the Montgomery Police Department for eight years. He is survived by his two daughters and fiancée.