LEONARD A CHRISTIANSEN
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 58-E: 17
Department: Riverside, California, P.D.
End of Watch: April 2, 1971
Cause: SHOT
Age: 30
Years of Service: 6
Description: Officer Christiansen and Officer Paul Teel were shot and killed when they were ambushed. They were responding to fake call placed by the suspects reporting a burglary at an abandoned house. The suspects laid in wait and opened fire on the officers with shotguns, killing them both. The suspects were charged in connection with the murders but the trial ended in a hung jury.
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