Correctional Officer Robert F. Miller, a senior officer at the United States Penitentiary in Lewisburg, was shot and killed on October 12, 1987, in Danville, Pennsylvania. He was escorting an inmate from Geisinger Medical Center to a transport vehicle when two men, Harold S. Robbins and Markus Safko, opened fire in an attempt to free the inmate. Miller was fatally wounded in the pulmonary artery and died despite efforts by other officers.

The three assailants — Robbins, Safko and the inmate identified as Iasiello — were pursued and arrested after a short chase. Reports say the inmate and two others were charged in connection with the attack; later pleas and convictions followed in the case. Miller left behind a wife and two young children, a daughter and a son. His name is inscribed on the National Law Enforcement Memorial.

Does anyone have memories of Officer Miller or information about security practices at the time that might shed light on how the transport was handled?