John A. Vickers, a 30-year-old officer with the El Centro Police Department, tragically lost his life on May 3, 1977. Officer Vickers and his colleague, Officer Arthur Hennesay, were responding to a seemingly routine call about a stuck car horn in a motel parking lot. Upon arrival, they were ambushed. Officer Vickers was shot three times while searching for the car's owner. Officer Hennesay, who arrived shortly after, was shot through his windshield. The incident was a premeditated attack that r
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