Leonard Clifford Miller

On January 3, 1980, Leonard Clifford Miller, a 21-year-old Black male, was tragically killed in the line of duty just three days after achieving his lifelong dream of becoming a full-time police officer with the Apollo Borough Police Department. His death was the final act in a violent crime spree that terrorized Western Pennsylvania.

In the early morning hours, Patrolman Miller, working the midnight to 8 a.m. shift alone, initiated a traffic stop of a silver sports car that had sped past ...Read More

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Forty years later, Apollo remembers officer shot in 'kill for thrill' spree

Patrolman Leonard Clifford Miller

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