Parole Officer Robert A. White, 55, was shot and killed on April 27, 1979, during a surveillance operation on a parolee in Cleveland, Ohio. White, a United States Navy veteran, had spent 25 years with the Cleveland Police Department before retiring and joining the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction as a Parole Officer. He was working alone and returning to his vehicle after attempting a home visit when three men approached him in the parking lot of a Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority complex at 2202 East 30th Street.

One of the men produced a weapon; a struggle over White’s service revolver followed and he was mortally wounded with his own gun. He was survived by his wife, Lucille, and two daughters, Robin and Linda. White’s death was the first line-of-duty killing of a Parole Officer in Ohio; the Division of Parole and Community Services later established the Robert White Memorial Award in his honor and his name is on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wall.

Does anyone have information about the suspects or that night in Cleveland?