Police Officer Winfred Sylvester Hunter, Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania

Police Officer Winfred Sylvester Hunter

Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania

End of Watch Monday, June 4, 1990

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Winfred Sylvester Hunter

Police Officer Win Hunter was shot and killed after he and another officer tried to intervene in a fight at the Congress Club at 2404 N. 29th Street in Philadelphia.

Both officers were off-duty at a club when they attempted to break up an altercation between two men who had previously caused trouble in the establishment. When the officers tried to arrest the men around 3:00 a.m. for weapons violations, one of the subjects pulled out a gun and shot them both. The other officer was able to return fire and wound the shooter. Officer Hunter was transported to the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds. The other officer survived his wounds to his abdomen and left hand.

The suspect, who was an escapee from a halfway house, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Another man was convicted of aggravated assault and weapons charges.

Officer Hunter had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 19 years. He is survived by his son and daughter.

Bio

Age 39
Tour 19 years
Badge 9536

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type
Offender Sentenced to Life

convicted felon, fight call, off duty, weapons violation

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On behalf of the Hunter Rodríguez family, my brother Matthew Williams Hunter, and my nieces and nephews and my cousin Marie Hunter and her family and Myself and my three sons, We would like to thank you all for your kind words and the beautiful messages and memories on the wall . We are short one, my brother Gamil Winfred Ashley Hunter as he is no longer with us. I see how much he meant to you all, but he was so much more to me. I was his only daughter and the oldest of Matthew and Gamil. The three of us loved our dad and we live with that emptiness.
I realize this says he had a son and a daughter. He had two sons Mathew and Gamil and I and the list was immense.
Once again, thank you for the support and the love.
The Hunter Legacy
Ava, Marie, Matthew and Gamil Hunter
and our children.
Thank you.
Dr. Ava Hunter Rodríguez dravarodriguezdba@gmail.com

Daughter and Legacy of Winfed Hunter
Dr. A Hunter Rodríguez DBA (Legacy)

June 4, 2025