POLICE OFFICER PAUL L. VERNA [END OF WATCH: JUNE 2, 1983]

On this date, June 2, 1983, Police Officer Paul L. Verna of the Los Angeles Police Department, California, was killed in the line of duty. Let us honor this fallen policeman.

Paul L. Verna

INTERNET SOURCE: http://www.odmp.org/officer/13644-police-officer-paul-l-verna

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 35

Tour: Not available

Badge # 15086

Cause: Gunfire

Weapon: Handgun; Revolver

Offender: Sentenced to death

Police Officer Paul Verna was shot and killed after making a traffic stop of a vehicle containing two armed robbery suspects.

One of the men shot Officer Verna once, then passed the revolver to the second subject, who shot him five more times. Both men were apprehended and sentenced to death.