Bessemer Police Department, Alabama
End of Watch: Wednesday, May 2, 1979
Age: 48
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Bomb
Date of Incident: May 2, 1979
Weapon Used: Explosives; Bomb
Suspect Info: Acquitted in retrial
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.
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.