Marlon Francisco Morales, a 32-year-old officer with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Police Department, tragically succumbed to a gunshot wound on June 13, 2001. The incident occurred three days earlier, on June 10, 2001, when Officer Morales confronted a fare evader at the U Street-Cardoza Metro station in Washington, DC. During the confrontation, the suspect suddenly pulled out a handgun and shot Officer Morales in the face. Officer Morales did not have a chance to draw his
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