Mount Dora Police Department, Florida
End of Watch: Saturday, December 5, 1959
Age: 58
Tour of Duty: 24 years, 6 months
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: December 5, 1959
Weapon Used: Shotgun; 12 gauge
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Officer Clinton Hyde was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance call.
The suspect who was fighting with his wife was shot and killed by another officer. The exact date in December 1959 that he was murdered is unknown.
Officer Hyde was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII. He had served Mount Dora Police Department for 2-1/2 years after having retired from the Baltimore, Maryland, Police Department after 22 years. He was survived by his wife.