Baton Rouge Police Department, Louisiana
End of Watch Thursday, January 7, 1993
Add to My HeroesBetty Dunn Smothers
Corporal Betty Smothers was shot and killed in an ambush attack while moonlighting as a security guard.
Corporal Smothers was in uniform and driving a marked patrol car when she and the store manager went to a bank to make a night deposit. As they sat in the patrol car, three suspects approached and opened fire. They fatally wounded Corporal Smothers and injured the manager.
All three suspects were arrested after the incident and sentenced to death for Corporal Smothers' murder.
Corporal Smothers had been employed with the Baton Rouge City Police Department for 14 years, and is survived by her two daughters and four sons.
Bio
- Age 36
- Tour 14 years
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Gun; Unknown type
- Offender Sentenced to death
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