In the summer of 1978, a domestic disturbance call on Conner Street in Chattanooga, Tennessee, turned deadly, claiming the life of Police Officer Nelson I. Hess, V. The 35-year-old male officer, a six-year veteran of the Chattanooga Police Department, was among the first to arrive at the scene on June 12th.
Just two minutes after he and his partner, Officer David Friederichsen, reached the location, a suspect opened fire with a. 38 caliber handgun. Officer Hess was fatally wounded at the
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