Oliver Wendell Smith Jr., a 27-year-old officer with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., was tragically killed on February 26, 1997, in Forestville, Maryland. Officer Smith was off duty and returning home from his shift when he was approached by three suspects as he exited his vehicle outside his apartment. The suspects, intending to rob him, forced him to lie face down on the ground. During the robbery, they discovered his police badge and duty weapon, which led them to shoo
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