Deputy Sheriff Robert Hugh Milligan, 53, of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office was shot while serving an eviction notice at an apartment at 4042 NW 16th Street in Lauderhill on August 9, 1978. A 32-year-old male fired a .25 caliber handgun; Milligan was given medical attention but died of his wounds three days later on August 12, 1978. The shooter was arrested and charged, and later found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a mental institution.

Milligan had served two years with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office and previously retired from the Hollywood Police Department at the rank of Lieutenant. The case drew attention to encounters between officers and people with serious mental illness and prompted discussion about procedures for serving eviction notices and managing volatile situations.

Did anyone in the Lauderhill area at the time have information about that eviction or the confrontation that led to Deputy Milligan’s death?