On December 19, 1923, as Officer Wilson stepped from the corner of 41st and Troost, he was struck by a car. The car was driven by his friend, Louis Becker, a business man the City Market area. The first call to come into the Woodland station advising of the accident was taken by Betty Bickett, Officer Wilson's daughter. She ordered a ambulance for her father and then passed out. Officer Wilson died as a result of a broken neck.

(It should be noted that Officer Wilson was the father-in-law of Carl Bickett, another officer killed in the line of duty in 1921.)