On January 16, 1983, Officer John R. Pasco, a 27-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, was shot and killed during a foot pursuit in Dallas, Texas. Officer Pasco, who served with the Dallas Police Department, was pursuing a suspect who had been shooting a handgun into the air. During the chase, the suspect turned and shot Officer Pasco in the head. Officer Pasco had previously arrested the same man ten months earlier for possessing a gun. The suspect was later convicted and sentenced to death, an
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