Samuel A. Johnson Sr., aged 55, was the Chief of Police in Dexter, New York. On the evening of September 11, 1987, he responded to a call reporting shots fired on Pillar Point. Unbeknownst to him, a man had just murdered a friend and set up an ambush at a nearby intersection. As Chief Johnson approached the intersection, the suspect opened fire on him with a shotgun. Johnson's patrol car collided with a guard rail, and the assailant approached, shooting him multiple times before stealing his rad
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