Lauretha Arnetha Vaird

Death by Force

Lauretha Arnetha Vaird, a 43-year-old African American woman, was a dedicated officer with the Philadelphia Police Department. On January 2, 1996, she responded to a bank robbery at a PNC Bank branch in Feltonville, Philadelphia. As the first officer to arrive at the scene, she was shot by one of the robbers, Christopher "Cool C" Roney, as she entered the bank. Despite wearing a bulletproof vest, the vest lacked bullet-resistant panels, and Officer Vaird succumbed to her injuries shortly after b ...Read More

Police Officer Lauretha Arnetha Vaird

Reflections for Police Officer Lauretha Arnetha Vaird