Bio & Incident Details
Age: 23
Tour: 2 years
Badge # 2278
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 12/8/1968
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Sentenced to life
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Officer Knight was shot and killed while on a stakeout of a grocery store. At approximately 2215 hours a suspect entered and robbed the store at gunpoint. He forced the clerk into a storeroom and then shot Officer Knight in the head, killing him. The suspect fled with $98 but was arrested four days later and subsequently sentenced to life.
Officer Knight had been with the agency for two years and was survived by his wife and daughter.
