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“Thursday will mark the 49th anniversary of the on-duty death of Riegel, who as a member of the elite Felony Unit, was responding to a housing project on Pierce Street in Pacoima to arrest an ex-convict wanted for armed robbery. Riegel had been assigned to cover the rear of the two story building on May 6, 1961. As his colleagues approached the front, the suspect jumped out of a second-story window, landed on Riegel and shot and killed him. Riegel, a World War II veteran, was 44 and had served 15 years with the LAPD. “Sid was an upfront, excellent police officer,” said Fred Hall, 85, a former LAPD motorcycle officer. “I cannot remember anything negative about Sid.”
Quoted from Daily News article by C.J.Lin, Staff Writer http://www.dailynews.com/ci_15018043
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