Bio & Incident Details
Age: 43
Tour: 9 years
Badge # 5897
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 1/2/1996
Weapon: Handgun
Suspect: Sentenced to death
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Officer Lauretha Vaird was shot and killed while responding to a bank robbery. Two suspects were arrested a short time later. A third suspect was arrested several days later during a traffic stop in Maryland.
On November 1, 1996, the suspect who shot Officer Vaird was sentenced to death.
Officer Vaird had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 9 years.
