Aaron Salter, Jr. served the people of Buffalo, New York as a member of the City's Police Department for thirty years, principally as an Officer in the Northeast District. His on-the-job heroism landed him in the Buffalo News on several occasions for deeds ranging from catching an arsonist in the act AND putting out the fire to serving as a school resource officer for the City's Public Schools.
Five years after his retirement from the Buffalo Police Department, working in what he and his family likely both expected was a far less dangerous setting as a security guard at Tops Supermarket, Mr. Salter encountered the murderous coward who invaded the store hellbent on murdering as many innocents as he could. In service of others, he paid the highest possible cost. He died. In doing so he helped make sure that others did not.
Aaron Salter, Jr.
End of Watch: May 14, 2022
Aaron Salter, Jr. did not make it home to his family on Saturday night. His grace under pressure made certain that countless others did.
-AK
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