Richard Thomas Steed, a 30-year-old police officer from San Clemente, California, tragically lost his life on November 29, 1978. Officer Steed was responding to a call for medical assistance on El Camino Real, where a person had claimed to have slashed their wrists in a suicide attempt. Upon arriving at the scene, Officer Steed was ambushed and shot by the individual who had faked the suicide attempt. The suspect fled the scene immediately after the shooting but was apprehended approximately eig
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