Bio & Incident Details
Age: 24
Tour: 2 years
Badge # Not available
Military veteran
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 3/11/1970
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Acquitted
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Officer William Slappey was shot and killed and another officer was wounded as he and several other officers exchanged gunfire with a man. The officers had entered an area of an apartment building known to be a narcotics trafficking area searching for stolen property. The suspect said he opened fire on the officers, who were in plain clothes, because he thought they were going to rob him.
On December 10, 1970, the suspect was acquitted when another officer admitted in court that the bullet that killed Officer Slappey may have come from his gun.
Officer Slappey was a Vietnam war veteran.
