Sergeant Ronald D. Slockett, aged 31, was a dedicated officer with the Sugar Land Police Department in Texas. On the night of July 4, 1987, he was fatally shot while conducting a routine traffic stop. As he exited his patrol car, the suspects in the vehicle opened fire, striking him in the chest. Tragically, he was not wearing a bulletproof vest at the time.
The suspects were identified as drug traffickers who were holding hostages in their vehicle. It is believed that the hostages had be
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