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DETECTIVE BENJAMIN "BENNIE" F. CRAVATT |
July 16, 1954 |
| Detective Cravatt and his partner were staking out a grocery store at S.E. 44th and Shields when robbers entered the store. As Cravatt entered the store he exchanged gunfire with the suspects. Cravatt was fatally wounded. Members of the holdup team were apprehended and one was sentenced to death for the Murder of Cravatt. |
