William Ross Hunt

Died

5 June 1983

Age

Rank

Detective Sergeant

Force

Strathclyde Police

Cause

Homicide - Stabbed

Duty Status

On Duty

Circumstances

Whilst he was attempting to arrest a man for serious assault he was fatally stabbed when members of the suspect's family attacked him and other officers with knives and other weapons.

Fatally stabbed and beaten when members of a suspect’s family attacked him and other officers with knives and other weapons as he attempted to arrest the man for serious assault.