Maurice Chester Dodd

How they died

Suicide

Maurice Chester Dodd, a former lieutenant with the Atlanta Police Department, reportedly committed suicide after a bank robbery and police chase. According to police, an officer was in a BMO Harris Bank branch in Matteson at about 11 a.m. and saw Dodd carrying a wad of cash. A bank teller, who had fallen to the ground and began hyperventilating, told the officer that Dodd had robbed the bank, police said. Dodd fled in a 2003 Nissan, leading police on a high-speed chase before exiting onto Vollmer Road. As he passed Cicero Avenue, an officer reportedly saw Dodd put a handgun to the right side of his head, then heard a shot. Dodd's car veered into a field, flipped over and hit a utility pole. Dodd died at the scene.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Maurice Chester Dodd, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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