Police Officer Richard Wellington Smith

Richard Wellington Smith

Police Officer Richard Smith was shot and killed while he and other officers searched for a suspect in the basement of a hotel.

The suspect was wanted for failing to appear in court for assaulting his girlfriend with a knife. The suspect was hiding in a storeroom and saw Officer Smith through a crack in the wall. The man opened fire through a wooden partition, fatally wounding Officer Smith.

Officer Smith was survived by his wife and mother.

In 1978 a street was named Richard Smith Street in Officer Smith's honor.