Correctional Officer Fred Sidney Griffis, a 40-year-old white male, was tragically killed on June 24, 1987, in West Palm Beach, Florida. Officer Griffis was shot during an escape attempt while transporting a prisoner. The incident occurred in front of a doctor's office on North Olive Avenue, near Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard. Griffis, along with an armed escort officer, was ambushed by two armed suspects who demanded the keys to the prison van to free an inmate. Despite the threat, Griffis refused ...
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