Sergeant Michael S. Lingham

Michael S. Lingham

Sergeant Lingham succumbed to a gunshot wound a month earlier by a suspect while attempting to serve a search warrant during a drug raid. Sergeant Lingham was shot in the head while he and other officers entered an apartment in the 1600 block of S 20th Street. The subject was wounded by other officers in an exchange of gunfire. Sergeant Lingham was rushed to Graduate Hospital where he remained in a coma till his death.

The suspect was convicted of second degree murder in connection with Sergeant Lingham's death.

Sergeant Lingham had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 11 years.