Officer John A. Hoglund, 47, of the Maywood Police Department in California, was shot and killed on May 29, 1992, after responding to a robbery alarm at a market at 4052 52nd Street. As he exited his patrol car he was ambushed and struck three times by a .45 caliber handgun and had no chance to draw his weapon or defend himself. He was the first officer in the department’s 68-year history to be shot and killed in the line of duty.

Three men were initially charged with murder and robbery and held without bail while investigators searched for additional suspects. One of the assailants, identified as Edgardo Sanchez-Fuentes, was later convicted of murder and sentenced to death; he is held on death row at San Quentin State Prison. Hoglund’s funeral on June 4, 1992, was attended by hundreds of friends, relatives and fellow officers.