Atlanta Police Department, Georgia
End of Watch Friday, August 26, 1988
Add to My HeroesGregory Lavance Davis
Police Officer Gregory Davis was shot and killed when he stopped a man on a bicycle on Southerland Terrace Northeast to question him about a series of nighttime burglaries in the area at 1:00 am.
Unbeknownst to Officer Davis, the suspect was also the prime suspect in the murder of a woman three nights earlier. The man pulled out a handgun and exchanged shots with Officer Davis. Officer Davis shot and killed the suspect but was also shot in the chest and fatally wounded. The subject was a parolee who had been released from jail three weeks earlier.
Officer Davis was a United States Army Vietnam veteran and had served with the Atlanta Police Department for seven years. He was survived by his two daughters, two stepchildren, parents, grandmother, two brothers, and a sister.
Bio
- Age 37
- Tour 7 years
- Badge Not available
- Military Veteran
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Handgun; .38 caliber
- Offender Shot and killed
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View all 15 ReflectionsLove you always officer G. Davis, my friend!!
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