Detective Percy L. Clark

Detective Percy L. Clark

End of Watch: 

January 11, 1973

Age: 42
Salt Lake City Police Department
Homicide: Handgun


Detective Percy L. Clark was shot and killed during an armed robbery. 

Detective Clark and other officers were conducting a stakeout of a pharmacy located at 564 Third Avenue. Information from an informant had revealed that the pharmacy would be robbed. At approximately 2100, two suspects arrived and were in the process of robbing the pharmacist when Detective Clark left a position of cover and moved closer to the doorway. As the suspects exited, Detective Clark called for their surrender. He was shot in the head with a 9mm handgun. The suspect who fired the shot was killed by return fire from other officers. The second suspect surrendered and was eventually committed to the State Hospital. Detective Clark was married and the father of seven children. He is buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery. 

The bronze memorial name plaque of Detective Percy L. Clark is sponsored by the Percy L. Clark family.

Fallen Officers