David Clark Higginbotham.
Officer David Higginbotham was struck and killed by a drunk driver while directing traffic at a shopping center at Alabama Avenue and 30th Street, SE, at approximately 8:20 pm.
The driver fled the scene but surrendered to police the next day.
Officer Higginbotham was a West Virginia National Guard veteran and had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for only three months.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Officer Higginbotham served with the Metropolitan Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Washington community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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