Bio & Incident Details
Age: 48
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Bomb
Incident Date: 5/2/1979
Weapon: Explosives; Bomb
Suspect: Acquitted in retrial
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Lieutenant Clifford Hill was killed when a package he was opening exploded. He was in the office of the newly elected public safety commissioner and was assisting the mayor's secretary open a package. When he cut the box open with a knife the package exploded.
An investigation revealed that the package contained a bomb intended for the new public safety commissioner. A former police officer who had purchased bomb making materials and had studied bomb making was tried and convicted for the murder, however, the suspect was later acquitted at a retrial in 1980.
