In the early morning hours of September 20, 1983, a day that would forever be etched in the memory of Front Royal, Virginia, 28-year-old Sergeant Dennis M. Smedley of the Front Royal Police Department was preparing to leave his home for what he anticipated would be a routine day at work. Dressed in his police uniform, he stepped outside his residence, but was tragically met with an ambush. An unknown assailant or assailants, lying in wait, opened fire, shooting the young officer in the back mult
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