50 Years Ago
On August 26, 1975 Officer Loftin and his partner, Police Officer Claude Dell, were conducting an investigation in the area of the Clock Bar at 3450 Burnet Avenue. About 10:45 p.m. Cleophus Collins (53), of 123 Ehrman, entered the bar and told the bartender that he wanted a gun and that he was going to shoot a cop. Collins had a criminal history including several arrests involving weapons and shooting with intent to kill. He walked back to his car, retrieved something from it, then walked back into the bar. Then he left the bar again.
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