Detective Robert Roy Aldridge

Robert Roy Aldridge

Detective Robert Aldridge died from wounds suffered six weeks earlier after being shot while investigating an armed robbery.

Two subjects had robbed a local tavern, leaving the victims standing at the bar with their hands in the air as they escaped out of the front door. The tavern owner and a customer ran after the robbers, engaging in a gunbattle in the street. Detective Aldridge was exiting another tavern to investigate the incident when he was shot in the leg. Detective Aldridge believed he was accidentally shot by the tavern owner who felt Detective Aldridge was struck by the fleeing suspects.

Detective Aldridge succumbed to his wounds six weeks later.