ROBERT M RIGDON

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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 24-E: 21
Department: Baltimore City, Maryland, P.D.
End of Watch: November 8, 1858
Cause: SHOT
Age: 37
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Officer Rigdon had testified at the murder trial of Officer Benjamin Benton. Officer Rigdon was sent home after receiving threats regarding his testimony. As Officer Rigdon entered his home/store, shots were fired and Officer Rigdon was killed. The assassin had been waiting for Officer Rigdon to return home from the trial and killed him as an act of revenge for his testimony earlier that day.
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