WILLIAM S WINNINGDER

Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 63-E: 10
Department: Portsmouth, Virginia, P.D.
End of Watch: August 11, 1908
Cause: SHOT
Age: 54
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Patrolman Winningder arrested a suspect on a domestic warrant and was escorting him to jail when the man knocked him down, took his weapon and shot the officer twice with his own gun. Patrolman Winningder died at the scene. The suspect fled.
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