Carroll D. Garrison. Carroll served during the years of the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
Private Beau Garrison was shot and killed by a homeowner who mistook him for a burglar while investigating a burglary at 10:00 pm. A neighbor had called the police to report a burglary at their home in the 6500 block of Medwick Drive in Chillum. The home had been burglarized the previous week, and the homeowner grabbed a shotgun when he heard Private Garrison outside. The man, 31, fired a shot through the back door, striking Private Garrison. The homeowner was then involved in a 30-minute shootout with responding police units before being taken into custody. He was convicted of second-degree murder, but the charge was thrown out the following year on appeal and was remanded to the lower court. He said he thought all the officers were burglars. He only served 4 months of a 10-year sentence. Private Garrison was a United States Navy Vietnam veteran and had served with the Prince George's County Police Department for five years.
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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.
Private Garrison gave the Prince George's County Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Palmer Park community, and 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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