Anoka County Detention Deputy Murdered on way to work

 From the Anoka County Sheriff's Office. RIP brother.

Anoka County Sheriff's Office 

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We remember Anoka County Sheriff's Office Detention Deputy Richard Legler. During the early morning hours on Saturday, August 9, 1986, Richard Legler and fellow Detention Deputy Anthony Hesch, were on their way to work at the Anoka County Jail. An unknown dark colored compact car pulled alongside Detention Deputy Legler’s vehicle and a shot was fired. The shot fired from the fleeing car entered Detention Deputy Legler’s driver’s side window and struck him in the left arm. Deputy Legler struggled to pull the vehicle over to the right side of the road. The round struck his left arm just behind his uniform patch and ultimately pierced his left lung.

The suspect was later found deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. It is believed that the suspect may have seen the jail uniforms worn by Legler and Hesch, and seeing the uniformed men could have triggered the shooting as no other cars had been reported shot at that morning.

At the time of his death, Detention Deputy Richard Legler was 38 years old and worked for the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office for approximately 3 years. He was survived by his parents, his sister, and brother-in-law.