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On a Sunday evening in November 1978, Detroit Police Officer Scott James Larkins, a male, was ambushed and shot in the back with a shotgun. The incident occurred as he and his partner were leaving a restaurant on East Jefferson Boulevard and walking back to their patrol car. The shots were fired from a second-story window of a nearby hotel. Officer Larkins was 58 years old at the time of the shooting.

The man responsible for the shooting was apprehended two hours later. It was discovered ...Read More
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Victim Details

Scott James Larkins

Male

White / Caucasian

Detroit

MI

2008-03-09

58

Scott

James Larkins

12/23/2025