Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: 3 years
Badge # 0030
Cause: Vehicle pursuit
Incident Date: 8/30/1973
Weapon: Automobile
Suspect: Never apprehended
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Officer Yourman and Officer Byron Riley were killed in an automobile accident while pursuing a purse snatcher. The two officers were in an unmarked unit when they observed the crime. As they chased the suspect vehicle into a residential area the patrol car went out of control and struck a palm tree, killing both officers. The suspect they were chasing was never apprehended.
Officer Yourman had been with the agency for three years.
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