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On
November 2, 1980, at approximately 1:10 AM, Corporal M. Rivers was
assisting a fellow officer attempting to arrest two males who fled
on foot. Corporal Rivers spotted one of the suspects running through
an office complex in the 900 block of Bunker Hill. Corporal Rivers
chased the suspect on foot behind a metal warehouse building. Officers
arriving to assist Corporal Rivers recalled hearing gunshots coming
from behind the warehouse. As they approached the backside of the
warehouse, they found Corporal Rivers lying on the ground. Corporal
Rivers sustained two fatal gunshot wounds to the head and two other
wounds to the right arm and groin area. After reviewing all of the
documented evidence, it appears Corporal Rivers was ambushed in
the warehouse area. The suspect was later identified, prosecuted
and is confined in the Texas Department of Corrections.
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