On July 1, 1977, 27-year-old Patrol Officer Robert A. Burgess of the Cheektowaga Police Department was killed while responding to a call at Sattler’s Drugs Store on William Street in Cheektowaga, New York. During an attempt to arrest a man for disorderly conduct, a struggle occurred; the suspect obtained another officer’s revolver and fired six shots. One bullet struck Officer Burgess in the chest, a wound that proved fatal and ended his watch that day.

The man who fired the weapon was taken into custody and later convicted of manslaughter and attempted murder, receiving a prison term of 8 to 30 years for the killing of Officer Burgess. What details about the struggle or the scene stand out most to readers who remember that day or the Cheektowaga department?