Deputy Sheriff Randal Kent Richter, 23, of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, was shot and killed on the night of May 22, 1975. He had responded to a call about a suspicious vehicle parked on Grant Avenue near Salem Avenue in Harrison Township. As he approached the car the occupant shot him in the head; Richter was found on the ground with his gun still in its holster and was pronounced dead after being rushed to the hospital.

The shooter was identified as Donald Green, who was on parole for a prior robbery conviction. After a statewide manhunt Green was arrested and charged; he later admitted to shooting Richter but said the gun went off accidentally when he tried to throw it out the window. Green pleaded guilty to aggravated murder to avoid the death penalty and received a mandatory life sentence; he died in prison in 2017. Richter had served 18 months with the Sheriff’s Office and is survived by two sisters, a nephew, and a niece.

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