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.
Perc – So many questions, but the first one is “why”?
Duffy spoke of you all the time never forgetting your fellowship together. Through the years, Mike crossed our paths and became close to us. Now all of you, and others, are together forever. I hope that you have answered each others questions and that you are all reunited in peace for eternity. God bless you. Your family misses you – I see some of them every year in May. Rest easy, Detective.