Bio & Incident Details
Age: 28
Tour: 7 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 4/24/1974
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Not available
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Officer Claude Smith was shot and killed while assisting a sheriff's deputy search for a wanted man in the Vaughn Housing Project.
During the search, an unrelated man mistook Officer Smith for a child molester believed to be in the area and shot him.
Officer Smith had been a member of the St. Louis Police Department for seven years and is survived by his wife and 6-month-old son.
