Richard Earl Deffner, a 36-year-old sergeant with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, tragically lost his life on January 21, 1988, in Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County, California. On that fateful day, Sergeant Deffner was leading a Special Operations Team in pursuit of an armed robbery suspect who had recently committed several robberies at gunpoint. The suspect, after being spotted by officers, led them on a high-speed chase, eventually crashing his car and fleeing on foot while firing sh
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