On Tuesday, August 25, 1981, Minneapolis Police Department veteran Richard Paul Miller Sr., 59, was shot while investigating a report of a stolen red pickup at 16th and Girard Avenues North. Miller, who was patrolling alone, approached the truck and began questioning the male occupant, 22-year-old Isaac Brown, when Brown produced a .357 magnum revolver concealed in a bag and opened fire. Miller was struck five times, including two chest wounds, and despite firing back his shots missed. He was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center and died about an hour later, 18 months before his planned retirement.

Brown and a 17-year-old female companion fled but were identified and located after a nearly three-day manhunt. They surrendered at City Hall following persuasion by a minister; Brown confessed soon after arrest and the stolen police revolver used in the shooting was recovered where they had been hiding. Brown was tried, convicted of Miller’s murder and sentenced to life in prison; the girlfriend was granted immunity for her testimony.

Does anyone remember the neighborhood or the scene that day and have information that hasn’t been shared publicly?