WILLIAM M RICHARDS
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 46-E: 4
Department: Atlanta, Georgia, P.D.
End of Watch: December 2, 1952
Cause: SHOT
Age: 56
Years of Service: 28
Description: Officer W.M. (Tex) Richards responded with his partner Officer Durell Fuller to a call where a suspect had armed himself with a shotgun inside the residence. As officers approached he fired striking Officer Richards in the chest. Officer Richards was scheduled to retire two months later.
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