On this date, 27 April 2000, Cop Killer, Ronald Keith Boyd was executed
by lethal injection for the 7 January 1986 murder of Master Patrolman Richard
O. Riggs in Texas. Let us honor this fallen police and thank God that justice
was served. I got the information about him from ODMP and please go to ‘Victims’ Families for The Death Penalty’ blog to hear from his mother.
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Master Patrolman Richard O. Riggs
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Master Patrolman
Richard O.
Riggs
Oklahoma
City Police Department, Oklahoma
End of Watch: Tuesday, January 7, 1986
End of Watch: Tuesday, January 7, 1986
Bio & Incident Details
Age: 32
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident
Date: 1/7/1986
Weapon: Handgun
Suspect: Executed in 2000
Master Patrolman Riggs was shot and killed as
he approached a man on a pay phone outside a van at a service station.
Patrolman Riggs and his partern recognized the van as one reported to be used
in an armed robbery minutes earlier. As he approached the suspect he was shot
in the chest and abdomen. The suspect was convicted of his murder and was
executed in April 2000.
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