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OFFICER RICHARD O. RIGGS |
January 7, 1986 |
| Officer Riggs and his rookie partner stopped to check a van at N.E. 36th and Interstate 35. The van matched the description of one from an armed robbery, which had just occurred nearby. As the officers approached a suspect on a payphone, shots rang out. Riggs was shot and died a short time later. The suspect fled, was arrested by Tactical team officers the following day, tried, convicted and is serving a life sentence. |
