Scott A. Winters was a 28-year-old Pompano Beach Police Department officer killed in the line of duty on July 29, 1990. He and his K-9 partner Baron were searching for a suspect in the brutal rape and beating of a young woman when they located the suspect on the 2700 block of Hammondville Road, just south of Martin Luther King Boulevard. A struggle followed and the suspect seized Officer Winters’ service firearm, shooting him twice below his vest; Winters died later that evening despite medical attention.

The suspect, identified as Albert Holland Jr., was apprehended shortly after the incident. He was convicted of Winters’ murder, sentenced to death, and remains incarcerated at Union Correctional Institution in Raiford, Florida. Winters was the first Pompano Beach officer killed in the line of duty; his funeral drew many colleagues and community members and a park in Pompano Beach was later renamed Scott A. Winters Park in his honor.

Anyone who knew Officer Winters or has information about that night is asked to share what they remember.