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Ronald Grogan

Case from Palm-bay, FL dated Apr 23, 1987

Victim Details

Ronald Grogan

Male

White / Caucasian

Palm-bay

FL

1987-04-23

28

Ronald

Grogan

07/14/2026

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On April 23, 1987, Ronald Grogan, a 27-year-old white male police officer, was tragically killed in Palm Bay, Florida. Officer Grogan, along with his colleague Officer Gerald Johnson, responded to a mass shooting incident at a local shopping center. The perpetrator, William Bryan Cruse Jr., a 59-year-old retired librarian, had gone on a shooting spree, killing six civilians and wounding 14 others. Cruse was armed with a Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun, and a pistol. As Officer Grog ...
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  • Officer Ronald Midgley Grogan, Palm Bay Police Department, Florida
  • Palm Bay remembers two fallen officers - Spectrum News 13
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