On a tragic Tuesday, August 11, 1981, fifty-seven-year-old Gary Police Lieutenant George Yaros, a man on the cusp of retirement, responded to a robbery in progress at the Gary National Bank. It was a decision that would cost him his life. As three men fled the bank, an exchange of gunfire erupted, and Yaros was struck. One of the assailants then approached the wounded officer and fired again at point-blank range. Despite being rushed to St. Mary Mercy Hospital, Lieutenant Yaros succumbed to his
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