Lowell Police Department, Massachusetts
End of Watch: Friday, November 17, 1978
Age: 53
Tour of Duty: 22 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: November 17, 1978
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Officer Christos Rouses was shot and killed by an armed suspect who was fleeing Limby's Drugs on Branch Street after robbing it.
The suspect was shot and mortally wounded in an exchange of gunfire with two other officers who arrived on the scene.
Officer Rouses had served with the Lowell Police Department for 22 years. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, a son, and three sisters.