Bio & Incident Details
Age: 36
Tour: 7 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 9/10/1980
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Acquitted on a technicality
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Officer Chacon was shot and killed after responding to an armed robbery at a shoe store. He had been working as a Community Liason Officer and was giving a presentation at a battered woman's shelter across the street when he was notified of the robbery. He positioned himself behind his personal motorcycle and waited for the suspects to drive by. When they did he identified himself and ordered them to stop. When the driver stopped the passenger stuck a handgun out of the window and fired several rounds, fatally wounding Officer Chacon. The shooter was tried and convicted but had his conviction overturned by the State Supreme Court on a technicality.
Officer Chacon had been with the agency for seven years and was survived by his wife, daughter, and son.
