From Staff Reports
WABASH — A 1-mile stretch of U.S. 24 was recently named in honor of Indiana State Police Master Trooper Detective David E. Rich, an 18-year state police veteran who was shot and killed in the line of duty on July 5, 2007.
The road from west of Stitt Street to east of Ind. 115 in Wabash is now known as the Master Trooper Detective David E. Rich Memorial Mile.
Rich, a Wabash County resident, died after finishing a shift as the post duty officer when he stopped to assist what he believed was a stranded motorist. Rich was shot and killed as he approached the vehicle. The male suspect then took his own life.
Rich was the 42nd Indiana state trooper to die in the line of duty.
