Evening star., 1960-08-04
PoIicePriivate
DescribesF Fight
Ki||ingGunman
Fifth and ! Bottle
Leaves One Dead
One Wounded

One Wounded
II told him to stand up and
he came up shooting I
fired back at the same time :.
thought I was hit in the chest
it was all over in minutes
and he was dead" Il. z~ .,..es
Those were the words of Pvt.
Richard A. Dunn, 28-year-old
first precinct policeman, who
was wounded twice yesterday
during a gun battle with an
unemployed handyman in a
downtown park.
The 46-year-old custorian,
identified as Bozzie Worthy
Of the 1900 block of Tenth
street NV, was killed by police
bullets In the running, 23-shot
gun battle in the park at Fifth
and I streets NV.
In a bedside interview at the
Washington Hospital Center,
Pvt. Dunn told reporters about
his brush with death.
Shortly before 3 pm, I was
walking through the small park
and I noticed a man in the
tcenter of the park lying on.the
grass. He was fumbling with
his shoe and acting strange.
when ] went over to him.
The looked like he might be
drunk. ! asked him why he
didn't go sit on a park bench
and he just looked at me and
said, You don't know who I
Eam.''" l'1s. !.
/, Takes Out Wallet Briefly 2
| Pvt. Dunn asked him for
some kind of Identification, He
said the man took out his
wallet. flashed an identifica-
ton card. quickly replaced it
and returned the wallet to his
pocket.
HE then told me- 'You
really don't know who I am,
do you?' Then he said he was
the son of a living god
With that remark, Pvt. Dunn
said, the man pulled a. gun
from his right front pocket as
he got to his feet and pointed
it at the policeman, who was
standing less than 6 feet away.
II couldn't do much. He
had the drop on me. You
ljust don't expect someone to
Ipull a gun on you under those
circumstances. 2-s. N y,
| rAl I could do was try and
calm him down, SO ! just stood
there and. acted real calm. I
folded my arms across my chest
land started talking to the man.,
/ He Just 60d thefe hola sing tiisS
dSih on me.
i There were q lot OF people
in the park children were
ffunning ;. people were sitting
ion beHChes 80. and I told the
imam in a nice way about these
'Rpeople and that I didn't want
Iany Of them hurt"
1 s. Friend Walks Up
Pvt. Dunn said it, was at this
point he recognized a friend
lwho walked up and noticed the
policeman being held at gun
lpoint.
when the gunman saw the
man come UP, he started to
Hover his gun and I slowly
turned my back on him to face
lmy friend. I quietly passed
him the callbox keys and told
him tocall for help" "a
! The ffiend, Anthony Cicoria,
of 915 Sixth street NV, walked
away slowly and headed for the
callbox. s. n
"When I was sure he wasl
clear of the area, I turned and]
faced the gunman again. Hel
lay down on the grass again
and thought he had put the
gun back in his pocket. /,
Il drew my gun and told
him to put his hands up.
YOU'RE under arrest I, said.
"He propped himself up on
his elbow and when I told him
to stand Fup he came up shoot
ing. -. I fired back at the
same time. >"
81" Duel at 6 Feet If
| Pvt. Dunn said he exchanged 4
shots withthe ,gunnnana "at less.
than six feet" AS they con-
tinued to fire, they both ,ran1
4 for cover behind two separate
[trees. ~, W ;
| II ernptied my six-shot serv-
ice revolver at the gunman.
II didn't have any extra am
tmunition but just as. I finishedEt
shooting; a motorcycle officert
came around the corner, slowed
down, and set. his rnotoreycle1
on its side. in the street as he'll
i jumped off" III
The r11ntoprnon pvt Joo,,o W; i.