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Garland L. Garrison

Case from Oklahoma City, OK dated Sep 19, 1979

Victim Details

Garland L. Garrison

Male

White / Caucasian

Oklahoma City

OK

1979-09-19

50

Garland

L. Garrison

07/17/2026

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On the morning of September 19, 1979, at the edge of Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, airport police officer Garland L. Garrison, a 50-year-old White / Caucasian male, set out on what seemed like another routine call. He had spent seven years with the Will Rogers Airport Police Department, wearing badge number 003, part of the small force responsible for the roads and open fields that framed the airport. Shortly after 8:30 a.m., dispatchers sent him and his partner, 24-year-old Office ...
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