Patrol Officer Brian Craig Roshong, 24, of Canton, Ohio, was shot during a foot pursuit on July 20, 1996, and died of his wounds two days later. Roshong had joined the Canton Police Department in May 1996 and had served about two months when he attempted to apprehend a suspect who had been seen trying to break into a police impound lot.

The suspect, identified as 22-year-old Apollo Williams, was shot in the throat and right shoulder during the pursuit. Williams was taken into custody and initially charged with two counts of felonious assault on a police officer and aggravated burglary; after Roshong’s death the charges were upgraded to aggravated murder. Williams was later convicted and given a life without parole sentence.

Officer Roshong’s death was widely mourned in Canton and within the law enforcement community; his service and sacrifice were honored by the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation. If anyone knew Officer Roshong or has information about the events that night, please share what you remember.