Summary
SAN BERNARDINO - About a dozen young men outside a dance hall closed in on Johnnie Epps after the rookie policeman pushed one of the youths to the ground.
They were unhappy, some had been drinking, and Epps was alone. Within seconds, Epps' revolver fired, striking 20-year-old Ramon Rios in the back of the neck and killing him.See the full content of this document
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Most of the traces from that night on July 9, 1949, have long since vanished. The downtown Municipal Auditorium, where the dance was held, was torn down to make way for the Norman F. Feldheym Central Library. A black-and-white photo of Epps once on display at the San Bernardino Police Department disappeared when the department moved out of its Arrowhead Avenue station. And the only image his wife, M...
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