Michael Wayne Rivers was a 32-year-old officer with the Hedwig Village Police Department who was shot and killed on November 2, 1980, during a foot pursuit of a burglary suspect. Rivers and his partner had been responding to assist another officer who was interviewing two suspects in front of a local store when one suspect ran. Rivers was struck multiple times—twice in the head, once in the arm, and once in the leg.

The fleeing suspect, a 21-year-old male, was apprehended at the scene. Two months later he and another inmate escaped from Jefferson Davis Mental Hospital in Houston, but he was eventually recaptured. On March 26, 1981, he was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment; he was denied parole on August 20, 2018, with a next scheduled parole hearing in July 2023.

Rivers had served with Hedwig Village for one year and had previously served ten years with the Houston Police Department. He was survived by his expectant wife and a daughter. If anyone remembers Officer Rivers, the circumstances that night, or has information relevant to the case, please share what is known.