On this date, 27 April
2000, Cop Killer, Ronald Keith Boyd was executed by lethal injection for the 7
January 1986 murder of Master Patrolman Richard O. Riggs in Texas. Let us honor
this fallen police and thank God that justice was served.
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Master Patrolman
Richard O. Riggs
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Summary: Following a January 7, 1986 robbery of Tom’s
Market on 1000 N.E. 36th Street in Oklahoma City, the suspects stopped at a gas
station, and Boyd got out to use a pay phone. Oklahoma City Officer Richard
Riggs, 32, stopped to investigate and ordered Boyd to take his hands out of his
pockets. With his hands still concealed in the pockets of his coat, Boyd shot
Officer Riggs in the abdomen. Boyd then placed the gun against the chest of
Officer Riggs and fired a second shot, killing him. A passing motorist
testified that he saw the guy on the phone fire at the police officer. Along
with his rookie partner, Riggs managed to return fire. Boyd claimed a
hitchhiker took the gun from his knapsack and shot Riggs. He said there was no
gunpowder residue on his hands, but prosecutors said Boyd was arrested a day
after Riggs was killed and had ample time to wash his hands. Accomplice Lenora
Dunn pled guilty and was sentenced to 40 years in prison.
QUOTE: "I promised
Richard as I stood over his coffin that I would live to see this day," Riggs' mother, Betty Riggs, said
hours before the execution. "I had to keep my
promise to Richard and now I can go to the cemetery and I'll tell him."
AUTHOR: Betty Riggs is the mother of
Officer Richard Oldham Riggs. He was murdered by Ronald Keith Boyd on 7 January
1986. Ronald Keith Boyd was executed by lethal injection in Oklahoma on 27
April 2000.
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