DENNIS JAMES LYDEN

Officer Rank: Corporal
Memorial Panel: 44-W: 22
Department: Horry County, South Carolina, P.D.
End of Watch: June 5, 2000
Cause: SHOT
Age: 44
Years of Service: 7
Description: Feloniously killed during traffic stop or pursuit. Corporal Lyden was fatally shot with his own gun during a traffic stop of a suspicious vehicle on State Highway 544. As Corporal Lyden attempted to place the suspect under arrest, the suspect attacked him, gained control of his service weapon and shot him.
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