Fans mourned the death of TV icon Ken Osmond on Monday — and that included Los Angeles police. Osmond was best known for his roleas the weaselly troublemaker Eddie Haskell on two iterations ofLeave It to Beaver.
But Osmond also was a retired Los Angeles police officer who was shot in the line of duty. Osmond spent 18 years with the LAPD when, in 1980, a suspected car thief shot him three times.
He was left severely wounded but survived. The shooting effectively ended his days on the force. He returned to acting in 1983.
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