Bio & Incident Details
Age: 40
Tour: 19 years
Badge # 374
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 9/11/1954
Weapon: Officer's weapon
Suspect: In Custody
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Sergeant Richard J. Roushorn was was shot and killed by a truck driver following a minor traffic accident.
The city bureau of transportation truck driver admitted to grabbing the sergeant’s revolver from the front seat of his car and firing all of the six bullets at him.
Sergant Roushorn was struck in the abdomen, liver and chest. He died six hours later at Woodlawn Hospital.
