OLIVER WENDELL SMITH JR

Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 20-W: 21
Department: Metropolitan, Washington D.C., P.D.
End of Watch: February 26, 1997
Cause: SHOT
Age: 27
Years of Service: 3
Description: Officer Smith was off duty when he was confronted by more than one suspect who robbed him at gun point. When suspects found Officer Smith's badge and realized he was a police officer, he was shot several times execution style. Second DC Officer killed in a month.
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