On a tragic Friday, November 23, 1973, Memphis Police Department Patrolman Edward John Hammond, Jr., a male officer, was shot and killed in the line of duty. The incident unfolded on North McNeil Street, just north of Chelsea Avenue, after he and his partner responded to a disturbing report of a man threatening people with a shotgun in front of a local grocery store.
Upon their arrival, the officers found the suspect still armed. They ordered the man to drop his weapon, but the command wa ...
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