Richard E. Williams, a 62-year-old Black Atlanta Police Department investigator, was shot on January 28, 1987, after arresting three people for trespassing and disrupting classes at Booker T. Washington High School. While transporting the suspects, a juvenile pulled a handgun and fired, striking Williams in the back and neck and leaving him paralyzed from the chest down.

Williams survived the attack and continued to work in a limited duty role with the department while confined to a wheelchair. Official line-of-duty memorial accounts state he ultimately succumbed to those gunshot injuries on October 26, 2011, just days before his expected retirement after a long career.

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