Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Police Officer Andy Nobles: forever young, forever mourned, forever appreciated.

NC Officer

October 5, 2024

Unbelievably, it has been 30 years ago tonight since your "incident". I say "incident" in that other descriptors such as "loss", "death" or "murder", somehow don't seem applicable, for as long as the example you and John Burnette set in your fidelity to service is carried by the rest of us, a piece of the two of you continues to contribute. I do mourn the cost you paid regarding your future, and on nights such as this, wonder what you could have accomplished in both your personal and professional life during these past 30 years. And I mourn all the things you aspired to do but were cheated out of, 30 years ago tonight. I trust you know how much you and your contributions mattered to Charlotte and to our profession, and I pray you know that after 30 years, you and your life still matter.

NC Officer

October 5, 2023

October 5th is a particularly dark day for North Carolina law enforcement. ODMP cites seven who gave their all for the Tarheel state on this day of the year. We lost your partner, Officer John Burnette, along with you that horrible evening, further compounding our grief. Your incident also revived the nightmare we endured nineteen years earlier when on another violent and tragic October 5th night, we lost two members of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. All seven of you share not just an end of watch date, but a fidelity to service. The fabric of our profession was strengthened by the contributions you made, and weakened by your loss.

NC Officer

October 5, 2022

Thank you for your service and dedication. Police Officer Anthony A. Nobles will never ever be forgotten. RIP sir.

Retired First Sergeant Thomas Webb
New York State Police - Troop "D"

August 18, 2022

Another year has come and gone and it feels just like yesterday that I lost you. I visited your grave last week and left a few memories behind. Everyday…..❤️
Bev.

Beverly Stroupe (Ret.Officer)
CMPD

May 1, 2022

Another year passes. So much of the world and our profession has changed since October 5, 1993. I sit here tonight and think of all we were cheated for having lost you. You accomplished so much in your all too brief life and career, that one can only mournfully wonder what could have been. As it is, the bar you and John set for the rest in our profession is high in and of itself and we do well to strive for it daily. You mattered, and you are missed.

NC Officer

October 5, 2021

Thank you for your service and please know that your sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)

October 5, 2020

Another year that your death is mourned - and your life remembered. Thanks again for your service to your community and our profession.

NC Officer

October 5, 2020

It’s been another year, and It’s Nat’l Police week. I just looked back at all our photos and the video of the night you & John were murdered. Andy, you probably would had been Police Chief by now with John , Brian and your friends ALL being top brass. I miss you more as time goes by and every time that Garth Brooks song (Last Dance) plays I think of you . Had I only known...I am so sorry. Miss you, Babe❤️
Bev.

BeverlyStroupe
CMPD Adam 2 (Ret.)

May 16, 2020

I was working Medic that night responding to “officers down”. I still dont sleep when I remember.

Dan Buchanan
Medic

May 6, 2020

Where would you have been today? Would you be a Captain or Major...or Chief somewhere? Would this be your retirement year? Would your life have taken you on another career path? There is so much of life for which you were cheated - and there is so much we were cheated for having lost you when we did. I never met you, but in learning of your death, I learned of your life. Your life gives demonstration to the phrase: "Who you are, makes a difference". Thanks for your service and fidelity to our profession.

NC Officer

October 5, 2019

Wow! 25 years.....I remember like it was yesterday and will never forget. The fear, anguish, grief, sadness, and the camaraderie that enveloped Adam 2, CMPD, and the City of Charlotte in the aftermath. We all worked together as a team in community policing in Adam 2 and Andy and John helped me out any time I had a project or event and needed them. You were the best and your memory will live on for some of us until the days we pass from this world and meet again in Heaven.

S.Kendall
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police-Retired

October 5, 2019

Rest in peace Officer Nobles.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 27, 2019

25 years later, I still think of you like it was yesterday. Why, did this have to happen? Senseless killings of our Police Officers!
I ❤️You & miss you more everyday.

BP

February 27, 2019

My Dearest Andy,
I ❤️ You & miss you everyday. Until we meet again...

B.J. Stroupe B2490
Former CMPD (Adam 2)

November 26, 2017

Andy lived at D Vinca cir and I lived at A... He was such a great friend and I LOVED Max, his big teddy bear, Rottweiler. We had gotten into a routine of me studying and when he got home we would watch "Bad Boys". I never had a romantic relationship with Andy but I loved him un the less. His kind heart and soul. To this day one of my most painful nights... the words I heard from his roommate... Andy has been shot.

I remember what I was reading that night. I was reading "Slow Waltz on Cedar Bend". I still want to read this book again because I think of Andy every time I pick it up.

After everything that has happened these past weeks with our wonderful officers I can not stop thinking about Andy.

I am going to read my book. I am going to honor Andy and I am going to love this country, my family, my friends and everything that ANDY died for!

It has been many years but for Andy's family and friends I want you to know I loves him. He was and still is an amazing man and I will never forget him.

God Bless our men and women in uniform. Thank you. Stephanie

Stephanie Barlow Semmes
Friend

July 19, 2016

The police killings in Dallas have broken my heart and made me think about Officers Burnette and Nobles who were killed in the Blvd Homes area in 1993. I was a teacher at the time at the school (Selwyn) where the children attended when they lost their beloved neighborhood officers. The school children were devastated and cried about the loss of those officers for days! I want to thank their families by letting you know their impact on those kids and to say thank you for their service. As a native Charlottean that was one of the saddest and most tragic days. But I haven't forgotten your loved ones!

Beth Fox

July 9, 2016

I am remembering Andy Nobles. Last night I attended a reunion dinner for what is left of the 96th Recruit Class of which Andy was a member. There are only 7 left who are still fully employed by the CMPD. Two out of the 19 Officers have been killed in the line of duty since we graduated in 1989. Andy was a great man, a very kind and helpful sort of guy with a great gift for putting people at ease. Andy was a police officer. I think about him every day, I wish he could have been there last night.

Sergeant B.J. Thomas
CMPD

October 5, 2014

Officer Nobles
On today the 20th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you to you and your partner for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of Charlotte-Mecklenburg. And to your family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

October 5, 2013

It's approaching 20 years to the night you and Officer Burnett were taken. I was working that night as a Paramedic for Cabarrus County and was in the bay at CMC hospital when you were brought in. I remember how sad we all felt upon hearing you did not survive. Your memory lives on.

Annette Archer EMT-P
Cabrrus County Sheriff Office

September 30, 2013

The video produced after your death is still being used by San Diego Police Dept. We have not forgotten your efforts in Community Policing. We continue to be inspired and learn from your efforts and sacrifice you made in your role as community protector.

Lt. Sandra Albrektsen
San Diego Police Department

April 17, 2013

You are not forgotten! You live on in our hearts and we shall see each other again someday. Until that day RIP friend.

Patrolman M. D. Whitlock
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Dept

April 19, 2011

Andy, I think of you and John often. I remember when you came to FIB as an Intern and helped Ab and I on cases, we couldn't talk you out of it. Then our paths crossed again when you would come to the range for training or I'd see you at work. You and John were the highest caliber of officers we could have and the day will come when I see you both in another form. Bless you my friend,
Ken

Ken Hancock
CMPD (ret)

November 12, 2009

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 16th anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service to my home state and the birthplace of my son. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Rest In Peace

Phyllis Loya

Anonymous

October 8, 2009

RIP Brother, you will always be in our thoughts and prayers at CMPD.

Howard Mitchell (Mitch)
CMPD

October 5, 2009