Officer James J. Ramp, 52, was shot and killed on August 8, 1978, in Philadelphia during the confrontation at the MOVE headquarters at 33rd and Pearl Streets. A Marine Corps veteran of World War II and the Korean War, Ramp had served 23 years with the Philadelphia Police Department. He was struck while trying to push someone else out of the line of fire during the gunfight; four other officers, five firefighters and three bystanders were wounded.

Police had gone to evict 12 adults and 11 children from the MOVE residence. All 12 adults were taken into custody; nine were later convicted of third-degree murder and given 30 to 100 year sentences. Two of those convicted died in prison in 1998 and the remaining subjects were paroled by 2020. Ramp was survived by his wife and son and is buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Cheltenham, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

What details about the standoff or Ramp’s actions that night would be most useful to anyone who remembers the scene or has information?