A Model 66 with a sad history

[whataboutbob]

I hope that the Afterlife will reward them with a nice toasty eternal inferno.

Rest assured, they will absolutely have to answer for it

 

[xfarfuldog]

Several years ago my friend Steve Whalen of Dayton PD was murdered on a traffic stop. We went to the same church and both had Trans Ams. We talked a lot about many things. My chief had purchased I believe six model 66's in six inch directly from S&W. I purchased two. One for me and one I sold to one of my brothers. I ended up selling Steve mine. A local DPD officer bought all of Steve's guns. i have been unable to contact him.

 

[Old Corp]

Thanks for a touching story and great research.

Still have my old duty M66 4" issued in 1980.
It saved my bacon in my first OIS in 1982 and still wears the electro-pencilled case number and initials of one of our IAU guys, thankfully sorta hidden on the grip frame.

 

[charlie sherrill]

Like the rest of the ex-officers here, I too have been to too many police funerals, including my wife and fellow officer Jackie Dole Sherrill who's end of watch came on New Year's Eve 1984. If you are curious about officers who were killed in the line of duty go to Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP). odmp stands for Officer Down Memorial Page. You can find a lot if info here on fallen officers. My wife left me two revolvers, a nickel 15-2 with pacs, trigger shoe, and action job, and a pinned model 60. I still shoot them some and will leave them to my son, who has quite a collection already, and hopefully later my grand son, depending on how responsible his becomes when he gets old enough to own them. I also have a S&W 10-6 bull barrel and a Glock 20 10 mm. that were owned by fallen officers.

 

[RCL-09]

What became of the perps?

From Patrolman Larry P. Childress, Memphis Police Department, Tennessee


Both suspects were apprehended, along with a third man that was driving a getaway car. All three, ages 46, 36, and 32, were convicted to robbery and murder and sentenced to life in prison. One of the suspects was denied parole on August 12, 2003, but was eventually paroled. The oldest had a updated mugshot made in 2003 and later died in prison. The third suspect was paroled in 2019.

 

[RCL-09]

While this a great story and a way to honor Officer Childress I can't help but to get angry and how our system dishonors Officer Childress by paroling two of his murderers.