Dallas,USA,08 February 2018, Richardson Police Officer, David Sherrard, a 14-years member of the force became the first officer to die in the line of duty in the Department's 63 -year history. Credit: dallaspaparazzo/Alamy Live News
The officer was responding to an apartment call and was shot on location. He was taken to Medical City Hospital, Plano where he later died of his wounds. A civilian at the call was also shot by the shooter. In an seperate and un related incident, a Dallas Police car had its window shot out by a high powered rifle hile driving on an expressway south of downtown. And till, another incident occurred a few days earlier when a man broke into the Central Division's parking lot and took a sledge hammer to the windshields of several parked squad cars doing $5-thousand in flags and signs to Back the Blue are strong though out the Metroplex as a result of these. Officer Sherrard's funeral has not yet been released.
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