On November 2, 1908, in Fairbanks, Alaska, Chief of Police Alvin G. Miller—male, 37 years old, answered a call that began like a disturbance and turned into the city's first line-of-duty death. He and two officers went to the Pioneer Hotel, where a woman had barricaded herself in an upstairs room. When they forced the door, the woman sat on the bed with a. 38-caliber revolver and fired three shots; one struck Chief Miller, mortally wounding him. He had served four years on the force and was Fa
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