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Maddox, Fred

End of Watch: February 24, 1954

Officer Fred Maddox Jr. was responding to a robbery call and arrived while the suspect was engaged in a gun battle. The suspect saw Maddox crouching to take aim near the rear of a parked car. The suspect fired at Officer Maddox striking him in the head. Officer Maddox was taken to Hermann Hospital where he later died of the gunshot wound.

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