South Carolina Highway Patrol
South Carolina
End of Watch: Wednesday, December 31, 1997
Cause: Gunfire
Biographical Info
Age: 39
Tour of Duty: 15 years
Badge Number: Not available Sergeant Franklin Lingard was killed on New Year's Eve. He was shot by a man who he had pulled over for speeding when the suspect passed his cruiser at approximately 80 mph on I-95.
As Sergeant Lingard was approaching the vehicle on the driver's side, the suspect shot him and then sped away. Another officer pulled the vehicle over a short time later and a woman and two children jumped out. After a chase which went through three counties, the suspect crashed his vehicle and was apprehended. Both suspects were charged with murder and the male suspect was sentenced to death.
Sergeant Lingard was not wearing his vest at the time. All four shots struck him in the chest and back. | 
