Michael Connors

Death by Force

Patrolman Michael P. Connors, a 23-year-old officer with the Richmond Police Department, tragically lost his life on November 13, 1979. Connors was conducting a routine traffic stop on a vehicle traveling the wrong way on a one-way street near the intersection of Madison Street and Grace Street in Richmond, Virginia. Unbeknownst to him, the vehicle's occupants were recent parolees who had just committed an armed robbery at a nearby convenience store. Fearing that Connors had witnessed their crim ...Read More