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Shortly after midnight on December 27, 1989, security guard Richards Butts, a 61-year-old male whose race or ethnicity was not specified in available public records, was working the overnight shift at the Short Stop convenience store at 48th Street and Broadway Road in Phoenix, Arizona. He was stationed there to protect the small neighborhood market and its clerk, Ron Barman, during the quiet but vulnerable late-night hours. Contemporary accounts describe the store as nearly empty at that hour, ...Read More
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Richards Butts
Male
Phoenix
AZ
1989-12-27
61
Richards
Butts
11/27/2025
Forum Posts (3)
I've been reflecting on the ripple effects that a crime like the Short Stop convenience store robber... ...Read More
10/04/2024
10/04/2024
I've been thinking about the role of surveillance footage in this case. It's haunting to imagine tha... ...Read More
09/15/2024
09/15/2024
I've been reading up on the tragic events of December 27, 1989, and I can't help but feel for the fa... ...Read More
09/03/2023
09/03/2023
