Sergeant Rex Wright Winchester, 54, was killed in Irondale, Alabama on the evening of July 12, 1983, while responding to a disturbance call on Vetavia Street. A 15-year veteran of the Irondale Police Department, Winchester approached what he believed was a suspect in the backyard and went to a screen door; someone concealed inside the house fired a shotgun through the door, fatally wounding him.

The person who shot Sergeant Winchester died by suicide soon after the killing and did not face arrest or trial. Winchester is remembered as a dedicated officer and family man, survived by his wife and three children.

If anyone was in the Vetavia Street area on July 12, 1983, or has information about the events that night, please share what you know.