At approximately 4:15 am, officers from the Prince George's County Police Department responded to the 5400 block of Livingston Terrace in Oxon Hill, MD, where an off-duty Metropolitan Police Department sergeant was found suffering from a gunshot wound. Sergeant Clifton Rife II, assigned to the Department's Major Narcotics Branch, was apparently shot during a robbery attempt.

At some point during the robbery, the Sergeant discharged his service weapon and killed the suspect. Sgt. Rife was taken to Prince George's County Hospital, where was later pronounced dead.

Ron Patterson
BBMC President Kansas Chapter
Passed away: July 24th, 2004

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Arthur "HANK" Haddock
BBMC OZ
Passed away: March 21, 2005

Jim Rupell
BBMC Valley Forge, Pa
Passed away: November 21, 2005