Charles Knox, 31, was shot and killed the night of August 30, 1992 while responding to an armed robbery at a Roy Rogers restaurant at South Broad Street and Snyder Avenue.
A photo of Philadelphia Police Officer Charles Knox and a memorial for him that police say has been stolen.A memorial plaque dedicated to a Philadelphia Police officer who was killed while responding to an armed robbery in 1992 was stolen, and police are searching for the thief, authorities said Wednesday.
Police Commissioner Kevin J. Bethel decried the theft of the memorial and vowed to vigorously investigate the crime. He called on the public for help in apprehending the thief. “We are taking this matter very seriously,” he said. Knox, 31, was shot and killed on the night of August 30, 1992 while responding to an armed robbery at a Roy Rogers restaurant at South Broad Street and Snyder Avenue. As Knox and his partner, Anthony Howard, arrived at the scene, two men were trying to steal from the safe, and one them was holding a gun to the head of the store manager.
Knox, the married father of a son who bore his name, was a fiercely brave officer, said Vanore, who worked with Knox and remembers the day he was killed. No one, he said, was surprised to learn that Knox had interrupted the robbery and confronted the gunmen.
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