Sergeant Kevin Scott Kight, 34, was killed on March 27, 2005, while conducting a routine traffic stop at about 10:30 p.m. at Beckrich and Front Beach Roads in Panama City Beach, Florida. After discovering the driver’s license was invalid and attempting to make an arrest, the suspect produced a handgun and shot Sergeant Kight. He died en route to the hospital, leaving a wife and a young son.

The suspect, Robert Bailey, fled but was captured several hours later and charged with first-degree murder and resisting an officer with violence. A jury recommended death in 2007 and Bailey was sentenced to death on April 11, 2007; that sentence was vacated by the Florida Supreme Court in 2017 because the jury recommendation had not been unanimous, and the case was set for resentencing.

Kight’s death had a pronounced impact on the community. Annual memorial services are held, and his son Brandon later became a police officer with the Panama City Beach Police Department.