Atlanta Police Department, Georgia
End of Watch Wednesday, June 3, 1970
Add to My HeroesDonald Douglas Baty
Officer Donald Baty was shot and killed at the Greyhound Bus Station as he attempted to arrest a robber.
Officer Baty was in the waiting room of the bus station when a man told him he had just been robbed of $64.00 by four men and pointed one of them out. As Officer Baty made contact with the man he pulled a gun and shot him. A gun battle with the suspect resulted as a dozen officers arrived. When it was over the suspect was wounded, a bus patron was killed, and a bus station employee was seriously wounded. The suspect, 27, was hospitalized, later released, and charged with Officer Baty's murder.
Officer Baty was a U.S Army veteran of the Vietnam War.
Bio
- Age 23
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
- Military Veteran
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Handgun
- Offender Charged with murder
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