Robert K. Martin

End of Watch:  Tuesday, August 15, 1995
Badge:  474
Age:  57

Officer Robert K. Martin was shot to death during a traffic stop on the Beeline Highway about seven miles north of Shea Boulevard. His assailant, Ernesto Salgado Martinez, a 19-year-old ex-convict from Globe, fled the scene and was captured two days later in California. Martinez was convicted of first-degree murder, two counts of theft, and two counts of misconduct.