Bio & Incident Details
Age: 24
Tour: Not available
Badge # 39
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 11/21/1955
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Apprehended
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Patrolman Ranier was shot and killed by one of two men as he investigated their presence on a used car lot shortly after midnight. He was found with the drivers license of one of the suspects in his hand. One of the suspects was arrested a short time later at the Henderson bus station. Later in the day the other suspect was captured near Jonesboro, Arkansas, in a stolen truck.
Both suspects, ages 18 and 19, were wanted in Fort Branch, Indiana, where they robbed a filling station and shot at state police as they ran through a road block the previous night.
