HONORING SERGEANT ROGER LAMAR MOTLEY (END OF WATCH: OCTOBER 4, 1993)

           Twenty years ago on this date, October 4, 1993, Sergeant Roger Lamar Motley was killed in the line of duty in Arizona. George Everette Sibley Jr.  was executed by lethal injection in Alabama for the murder. His partner-in-crime, Lynda Lyon Block was executed by the electric chair in that State on 10 May 2002. It was Double Justice for the Fallen Cop’s families! 

Sgt. Roger Lamar Motley

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Sergeant

Roger L. Motley

Opelika Police Department, Alabama

End of Watch: Monday, October 4, 1993

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 38

Tour: 18 years

Badge # Not available

Cause: Gunfire

Incident Date: 10/4/1993

Weapon: Gun; Unknown type

Suspect: Both executed

Sergeant Motley was shot and killed after being notified that a child in the parking lot needed help while he was picking up supplies at a local store. Sergeant Motley located an adult male and the child in a car in the parking lot. As he approached the vehicle the man pulled out a firearm and exchanged gunfire with Sergeant Motley. Both men were wounded in the exchange.

Sergeant Motley took cover in his patrol car and put out an emergency broadcast as his car rolled through the parking lot. The man's female companion, who was on a pay phone at the time of the initial shooting, approached Sergeant Motley's patrol car and shot him several more times. Sergeant Motley was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. Both suspects were convicted and sentenced to death. The female suspect was executed on May 10, 2002, and the male suspect was executed on August 4, 2005.

Sergeant Motley had served with the agency for 18 years. He survived by his wife and four children.